Olena Mukhina

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Olena Mukhina is a journalist from Kyiv. Before joining Euromaidan Press, she worked as a website editor for Kyiv Post.

An FPV drone snared by a net fired from a Chipa net gun, developed by BlueBird Tech. Photo: BlueBird Tech via Defense Blog

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Arms makers in Ukraine sign first 26 deals in program that lets them lease equipment for 5% of cost, with state paying other 95%

The state covers all but 5% of the cost, and the first 26 deals have been signed to help producers buy equipment and expand quickly.

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone is delivering a speech during a NATO meeting in Copenhagen. Source: NATO Representation in Ukraine

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NATO’s top generals meet in Copenhagen with Ukraine at top of agenda, as warnings grow that Russia may strike Alliance next

The Alliance's Military Committee reaffirmed support for Kyiv and named Germany's Carsten Breuer its next chair, as its chief warned of Russia's "reckless behaviour."

Ukrainian soldiers. Source: The Third Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

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Ukraine’s Donetsk counteroffensive wins not by force but by stealth: it gathers troops under Russian nose and seizes two villages before they react

A 60th Brigade captain says a concealed buildup near Derylove and Drobysheve, and precisely timed strikes, let his units move in before Russia responded.

money engineering what stands between ukraine russia's fastest drones zelenskyy says · post russia’s new “geran-4 seeker” shahed variant geran-4 news ukrainian reports

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Ukraine shoots down Russian drones by hundred thousand: 350,000 this year, filmed and verified hit by hit in DELTA

The tally dwarfs what NATO manages against a handful of Russian drones.

berlin commits $500 million ukraine sourcing weapons directly reserves germany eu's flags berlin's government quarter front german parliament protokoll-inlandde bundestag goal rapid delivery air defense other vital gear nato says

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Germany cut Russian gas after 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Now, its far-right AfD party is in talks with Gazprom to bring it back, and Kremlin welcomes decision

Its foreign-policy speaker met Gazprom's chief in Moscow to discuss resuming supplies.

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Danish defense startup guarding undersea cables runs on 15 Ukrainian suppliers. Ukrainian fund is putting in €2 million in it

BlueShadow, run by a former US Navy sub commander but engineered in Ukraine, is building drone defenses for coasts and undersea cables.

shahed-136 Geran-2 iranian airborne A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it attacked buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Russian military has been using the Iranian Shahed exploding drones to strike Ukraine's vital infrastructure for more than a year. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky/EastNews

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Last September, Poland downed four of 19 Russian drones. This September, drone reached NATO’s missile shield in Redzikowo, and troops guarding it called 112

The military did not shoot it down near Redzikowo, and the ministry won't say whether it tried, reviving doubts about Poland's drone defenses.

Russian soldiers in camouflage uniforms and helmets stand in formation outdoors.

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Russia is holding Ukraine’s south with convicts: 69 percent have records. And they’re fighting where civilians live

A third enlisted to escape prosecution, most are over 30, Ukraine's South grouping says.

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Russia’s threat isn’t better missile, it’s 14,000 cheap ones. Its new deadly weapon was built in early 1990s, experts say

The cheap, air-launched Dan-T is built to be fired by the thousand, piling onto the drones and missiles already straining Ukraine's air defense.

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Ukraine says foreign defense suppliers owe country about $10.58 billion, including $1.7 billion already paid for goods delivered late or never at all

A $22,400 legal bill stands between Ukraine and $403 million owed by foreign arms suppliers.

Satellites are the new frontline in space and strategy. Photo: Depositphotos

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Ukraine spent year ignoring one Russian drone-control tech, and now Geran-5 flies on it. President’s adviser warns next one, from space, is worse

A Ukrainian adviser calls it a coming "small catastrophe"

A Ukrainian soldier. Source: The Spartan Brigade

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Ukraine builds app to cut soldiers’ paperwork. It has just saved them $40 million, mostly on fuel

The Pluses program in Army+ just added M-Tac as its 40th partner.

For the first time, Ukraine has dropped ground robots behind Russian lines from the air amid the Operation Vivaldi, protecting Ukraine's fortress cities in Donetsk Oblast. Source: The scheme by the 3rd Army Corps

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Ukraine is saving Donetsk Oblast with world’s first-of-its-kind operation: Vivaldi counteroffensive drops robots directly from heavy bombers 10 kilometers behind Russian lines

Heavy drones delivered the robots more than 10 kilometers into the Russian rear during Operation Vivaldi near Lyman.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence has given Eisuke Mori, speaker of Japan's House of Representatives, a close look at a North Korean weapon: the components of a ballistic missile Russia fired at Ukraine. Source: Ukraine's Defense Intelligence

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North Korea has fired around 150 ballistic missiles at Ukraine, learning from each one. Same missiles threaten Japan, and Kyiv just shows its speaker what is inside them

The components come from a missile Russia fired at Ukraine, and Kyiv's spies argue the same North Korean weapons threaten Japan too.

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Olena Mukhina

Arms makers in Ukraine sign first 26 deals in program that lets them lease equipment for 5% of cost, with state paying other 95%

NATO’s top generals meet in Copenhagen with Ukraine at top of agenda, as warnings grow that Russia may strike Alliance next

Ukraine’s Donetsk counteroffensive wins not by force but by stealth: it gathers troops under Russian nose and seizes two villages before they react

Ukraine shoots down Russian drones by hundred thousand: 350,000 this year, filmed and verified hit by hit in DELTA

Germany cut Russian gas after 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Now, its far-right AfD party is in talks with Gazprom to bring it back, and Kremlin welcomes decision

Danish defense startup guarding undersea cables runs on 15 Ukrainian suppliers. Ukrainian fund is putting in €2 million in it

Last September, Poland downed four of 19 Russian drones. This September, drone reached NATO’s missile shield in Redzikowo, and troops guarding it called 112

Russia is holding Ukraine’s south with convicts: 69 percent have records. And they’re fighting where civilians live

Russia’s threat isn’t better missile, it’s 14,000 cheap ones. Its new deadly weapon was built in early 1990s, experts say

Ukraine says foreign defense suppliers owe country about $10.58 billion, including $1.7 billion already paid for goods delivered late or never at all

Ukraine spent year ignoring one Russian drone-control tech, and now Geran-5 flies on it. President’s adviser warns next one, from space, is worse

Ukraine builds app to cut soldiers’ paperwork. It has just saved them $40 million, mostly on fuel

Ukraine is saving Donetsk Oblast with world’s first-of-its-kind operation: Vivaldi counteroffensive drops robots directly from heavy bombers 10 kilometers behind Russian lines

North Korea has fired around 150 ballistic missiles at Ukraine, learning from each one. Same missiles threaten Japan, and Kyiv just shows its speaker what is inside them

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