Russia just spent $ 3 mn to blow up planes that don’t even fly
Ukraine's 1970s drone shotguns were so vexing that Russia decided to blow them into bits with a $3mn Iskander missile. But an epic intel failure got in the way.
Apocalypse comes to Kostiantynivka: every tenth Russian soldier marches on strategic town
Next stop: Kramatorsk, Ukraine's last line of defense in Donetsk Oblast. A major fight is coming.
Russia’s asbestos tank armor didn’t work. Ukraine’s drones did.
Death by poison, death by fire—Russia chooses both.
Russia tests new anti-drone “porcupine” tank. Ukraine’s drones still win.
From cope cages to turtle tanks, Russian anti-drone armor kept evolving. The latest iteration—a porcupine bristling with metal spikes—just met Ukrainian drones and lost, but likely won't be the last.
Ukraine found a way to beat Russia’s unjammable drones. It doesn’t work anymore.
Ukrainian forces used to follow fiber-optic cables back to Russian drone operators. Now there are too many cables to follow.
Ukraine’s WWI-style drone hunter worked so well that Russia had to steal the idea
Ukrainian drones are hitting Russian territory 1,600km away—so a Russian design bureau reverse-engineered Ukraine's shotgun-armed fighter plane.
Ukrainian troops are advancing in Kursk behind a wave of bomb-dropping fighter jets
The dramatic destruction of a pair of bridges outside Zvannoe was a prelude to a Ukrainian advance in western Russia
Ukraine just crushed a rare Russian armored attack in Belgorod. But behind the lines, a commander rebellion is brewing.
While their defensive tactics prove deadly effective against Russian attack forces, an elite Ukrainian officer publicly criticizes "clueless leadership" over costly offensive operations
Belgium sends Ukraine a single tank — it could revolutionize the entire drone war
Its automated turret could give Ukraine’s Leopard 1 tanks the winning hand against deadly FPVs
How Ukraine can win, p.3: The only counteroffensive strategy that could break Russian lines
"You have layers of drone superiority," explains one analyst. Russian troops would have "no supplies, no food, no water, no ammo."
Russian troops are hiding from Ukraine’s deadly night-vision drones—but not well enough
More Russian troops are wearing thermal blankets to hide from Ukraine’s night-vision drones. More of them are getting caught, anyway—and poor-quality blankets and inadequate training are often to blame.
How Ukraine can win, p.2: The single drone target that could cripple Russia’s oil empire
A small German-made component inside Russian refineries has become Ukraine's most tantalizing target—the Achilles heel of Putin's $189 billion war machine.
How Ukraine can win, p.1. Swarms of dirt-cheap drones decimate Putin’s armor
Destroying thousands of armored vehicles, Ukrainian drones, mines and artillery are steadily depriving Russia of the mobility its forces need for major advances in Ukraine. This de-mechanization is one way Russia loses—and Ukraine wins
With or without truce, Russia’s war with Ukraine heading for freeze, analyst says
Russia is losing over a thousand daily for meager gains, but they still recruit more. Barring "major power shift," the war's intensity will decline, according to Tatarigami