Ukraine finally hit three Russian Kalibr ships on 12 August. On the 19th, an untouched one hit Kyiv
Prior to 12 August, the Russian Black Sea Fleet had eight warships capable of firing Kalibr cruise missiles. It still has at least five.
Russia is trying to get its guns within range of Zaporizhzhia. First it has to take a prison
The Ukrainian 118th Mechanized Brigade blocks any march on Zaporizhzhia City. But a Russian field army aims to disrupt the defense.
Putin’s Mach-10 wonder weapon misses by 30 meters. Russia stopped building it in April.
Putin unveiled it as unstoppable in 2018. Ukrainian intelligence says the line stopped in April, and the fuel now goes to Iskanders.
Russia has thousands of tanks it can’t risk. One drone shield decides whether they roll
Russia has finally fielded a tank defense that can shoot down Ukrainian FPV drones. The problem is that Ukrainian crews can send more drones than the Arena-M can stop—and the first tanks carrying it have burned anyway.
Ukraine may have just lost its first Swedish assault boat—to a Russian jet drone
A Russian Geran-4 caught it near the Kinburn Spit on 12 August. Those boats are what put Ukrainian robots on Russian beaches.
Ukraine’s quiet counteroffensive took 745 square km. Russia’s dead Starlink is how
Six months, 26 settlements, and almost no video. Russia lost its battlefield communications three days in, and Ukrainian armor drove through the gap.
Ukraine’s new Tu-95 killer is a $48,000 copy of a drone China refused to sell
Ukraine went to China to buy the drone. China refused. Two years later, the MICH 2000 costs $2,000 less than the original—and just took out a Russian bomber.
Russia has figured out how to stop Ukraine’s most powerful missile
The Flamingo cruise missile is Ukraine's hardest-hitting deep strike munition. But what good is it if Russia usually shoots it down?
Russia squeezes the flanks, then infiltrates the middle. Around Kramatorsk, it can’t do both
Russia knows how to take a Ukrainian city. Around Kramatorsk it does not have the infantry to run the method.
Russia is assaulting the gateway to Sloviansk. Ukraine’s 81st Brigade is holding it nearly alone
Mykolaivka is the biggest obstacle between Russian troops and Sloviansk, one of two big free cities in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.
How Russia built a jam-proof drone force—and the Chinese supply chain that could still break it
First fiber optics, then mesh modems. Both came from China, and the modems are a catalogue item.
Ukraine’s new drone is a cousin to America’s stealth bombers. It reaches Ufa in three hours.
Ukraine's newest strike drone has a unique shape. And that helps it range deep inside Russia, faster, and with a heavier payload.
Ukraine’s new ballistic missiles would make Russia choose: bomb Kyiv or defend Moscow
Russia uses its S-400 air defense missiles in a surface strike mode. Once Ukrainian ballistic missiles start raining down, this may no longer be an option.
Can Ukrainian forces save Sloviansk and Kramatorsk?
Sloviansk and Kramatorsk are the last big free cities in Donetsk Oblast. Can Ukrainian forces save them from a creeping Russian advance?