David Axe

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• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Ukraine’s 60-year-old Leopard tank switched from sniper mode—and Russian troops never saw it coming

They’re old. But Ukraine’s Leopard 1A5 tanks are back in the fight—because when you’re defending a place like Kostyantynivka, you use whatever still shoots straight.

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• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia keeps burning through its last tanks — so why isn’t Ukraine winning?

Russia’s rare armored push near Kostyantynivka was destroyed. But the broader war still favors no one.

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• Analysis
• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

How Ukraine can win, p.4: Just repeat what Putin says

Ukraine’s clearest path to ending the war may come when Putin declares victory—regardless of whether he’s won. Then Ukraine can say the same.

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• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Ukraine’s new bike unit mirrors Russia’s dumbest suicidal tactic — and that’s a strategic problem

Ukraine’s new bike unit adopts a Russian-style tactic: fast, deadly, and often doomed. It’s a gamble Kyiv may not be able to afford.

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• Russian War Crimes
• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

A Russian drone flew into Ukraine’s “hidden” Krab gun — and exposed a billion-dollar flaw in artillery design

A Russian drone slipped into a camouflaged dugout and destroyed a Krab howitzer. The real damage? A warning to every army still betting on heavy artillery.

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4 minute read

• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia replaces Soviet howitzers with North Korean clones—Ukraine builds drone wall

Russia is rapidly losing 2S7 howitzers and replacing them with North Korean M1989s, as Ukrainian drones work to locate and destroy both.

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4 minute read

• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia’s tanks hid behind smoke – Ukraine’s drones showed that trick is dead

Russia doesn’t use tanks often anymore — this disaster near Siversk shows why.

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4 minute read

• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia’s new V2U AI drone hunts Ukraine’s best weapons—so far, it is unjammable

With redundant navigation and AI targeting, Russia's 1.2-m V2U attack drone can fly and attack without human help.

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• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Surprisingly, Russian soldiers used scissors to down a Ukrainian fiber-optic drone — but Kyiv also knows a trick or two

The latest Russian defense against Ukraine’s best fiber-optic drones is a pair of scissors. It actually works! But there’s no way the Russians can deploy it very widely.

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5 minute read

• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Ukraine learned how to jam Russian bombs. So Russia made them fly beyond the jammers

Extended-range glide bombs now fly twice as far, beyond Ukrainian electronic warfare systems.

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4 minute read

• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia’s ghost riders are storming Sumy—and they’re not meant to come back

Small groups, motorcycles, reconnaissance by fire—Russia's textbook opening move.

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4 minute read

• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia’s newest “drone protection” exposed as painted household cookware

One of the latest do-it-yourself armored vehicles in the arsenal of the Russian army in Ukraine may also…

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5 minute read

• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Kyiv, we have a problem: Russia just reverse-engineered Ukraine’s drone motherships

Now Moscow can strike deep behind the front, using Ukraine’s own tactics against them.

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4 minute read

• Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Ukraine’s jets adopt Western tactics, learn to hunt in packs

More Ukrainian air force pilots are flying and fighting in complex teams.