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.
Russian troops may have seized their best chance to strangle Kostiantynivka
Fog and rain could help Russian troops sever Kostyantynivka's main supply line. If the city falls, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk are in trouble.
Ukraine keeps droning Russia’s “penguins”—same unit, same mistake, six days straight
Heat-trapping thermal ponchos can help soldiers hide from heat-sensing thermal drones. But only in the right conditions.
Russia just blew up a fake F-16. The drone flew 200km to do it.
A Rubicon drone flew 200km for this. Ukraine's decoy fleet is just getting started.
France may give Ukraine all 26 Mirage 2000s—none have bombed Russians yet
Ukraine is getting more Mirage 2000s. Will it use the fighters offensively instead of defensively?
A Russian soldier dressed as a penguin was doing a pretty good job avoiding thermal drones
Desperate to hide from heat-sensing drones, Russian troops are wearing some pretty silly thermal camouflage. But silly isn't the same as ineffective.
Is the Flamingo missile a real weapon, or just marketing?
There are worrying signs that Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile is mostly hype.
The Russians replaced more than 9,000 destroyed vehicles. They can’t do it again.
The Russians have managed to replace practically every single armored fighting vehicle they've lost since February 2022. But they depleted one-time reserves.