Ukraine’s troubled Flamingo missile finally hit something big—the factory where Russia builds Iskanders
The Flamingo cruise missile was supposed to intensify Ukraine's deep strikes on Russian industry. Months late, it may finally be happening.
Ukraine’s southeastern counteroffensive is now recapturing villages Russia once firmly held
Penetrating the Russian line, Ukrainian assault troopers liberated a village that was once under firm Russian control.
Russia wants 428 tanks a year by 2028. Its “second factory” is taking them apart instead.
There are reasons to believe Russia doesn't have two factories producing new tanks. It has just one.
Russia rushed reinforcements to its fracturing southeast. They rode in unarmored and in broad daylight
Two weeks after Russian communications collapsed, Ukrainian troops are still counterattacking—and inflicting heavy losses on the Russians.
A Ukrainian gun ‘bot saw a Russian soldier in the dark. He couldn’t see it back.
In a nighttime clash with a lonely Russian trooper, a gun-armed Ukrainian ground robot had the upper hand
Kyiv robbed Pokrovsk to save Zaporizhzhia. The gamble is paying off
When Ukrainian forces fell back a short distance north of Pokrovsk recently, it was the result of a deliberate choice in Kyiv: to prioritize a counteroffensive farther south.
Ukraine used to beg for matching missiles. Shershen fires whatever’s in the warehouse.
Shershen matches a lot of different radars, launchers and missiles. It's just what Ukraine needs.
Russia’s snowmobile troops did everything by the book—the book was written before drones
Snowmobiles aren't necessarily bad assault vehicles. But to avoid detection by thermal drones, they need heat-trapping camouflage.
FPV drones get all the attention. Ukraine’s reusable heavy bombers are doing the real killing
Heavy bomber drones, each dropping several grenades on Russian infantry, are one of Ukraine's enduring technological advantages.
Ukraine is counterattacking across nine vectors. The goal isn’t to advance
With the Russian cut off from Starlink, the Ukrainians have the edge for now. Instead of attempting a risky counteroffensive, Ukrainian troops in the southeast are fighting to firm up their defenses.
Ukraine counterattacks as Musk’s Starlink crackdown grounds Russian drones
Russia just lost Starlink access. Now Ukraine has an opportunity to retake lost territory.
Ukraine fired a barrage of Flamingo missiles at Russia’s Oreshnik missile base—and apparently missed
Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles are back in action in small numbers. But it seems they missed a very valuable target.
Cheap drones are shredding NATO armor. France just borrowed Russia’s solution
Four years after "cope cages" became a punchline, a French VBCI is wearing their evolved descendant.
Ukraine dominates the drone war at the front—but Russia owns the sky behind it
A flurry of deep strikes on Russian logistics by Ukrainian FP-2 drones belies a bigger problem: the Russians may be winning the deep drone war.