Ukraine just brought back its Bayraktar TB-2 drones—and they’re breaking through Russia’s air defenses
Missile-armed TB-2s are flying again over southern Ukraine.
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
Russia is churning out hundreds of new T-90M tanks — but why aren’t they all in Ukraine?
Moscow is stockpiling its best armor. The question is: for what fight?
Frontline report: Year-long Russian assault on strategic Kupiansk fails as Ukrainians methodically drain enemy forces
Ukrainian defenders exploit Russian reliance on vulnerable rubber boat river crossings by allowing limited penetrations, then systematically sealing breaches to isolate and eliminate trapped infantry groups.
Frontline report: German aid helps Ukraine develop hypersonic missile able to destroy bunkers deep inside Russia
Germany’s €5 billion aid package directly funded the Ukrainian Hrim-2’s domestic development, which has a payload double that of the US-supplied ATACMS, enabling Ukraine to destroy fortified Russian bunkers up to 300 km behind the front.
Russia’s latest porcupine tanks are actually working
Outfitted with spiked rebar to block Ukrainian drones, these tanks just might survive a strike.
Frontline report: Drones become Ukraine’s top killer in modern warfare outpacing artillery in lethality
The shift toward drone-dominated warfare hasn't eliminated artillery's battlefield importance as Ukraine's most effective units integrate both systems into coordinated kill chains.
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.
Frontline report: Iran’s war machine smashed — generals dead, Shaheds burned, missile launchers reduced to rubble
Today, there are interesting updates from the Middle East. Here, in a war Tehran once promised would reshape…
Frontline report: Russia sends bombers north — Finland knows what comes next
Russia builds at the border, so Finland calls up more troops and locks in.
How to annihilate 500 drones in one night when gunpowder runs low — Ukraine finds revolutionary way
Each day, Ukraine’s sky erupts into a red storm of destruction, as the US diplomacy falters month after month, leaving Ukrainians to grapple with a deepening sense of betrayal.
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.
Frontline report: Ukraine develops cheaper bomber drones that devastate 4x more Russian targets
Ukraine uses newly-developed Batyar-S and B-1 bomber drones for deep strikes on Russian military factories, airbases and key logistical routes.
Frontline report: Ukraine’s F-16s press toward Russia’s Tyotkino — Swedish spy plane guides the strikes
By targeting Tyotkino, Ukraine aims to carve off part of Kursk and disrupt Russia’s Sumy push.
Frontline report: Kazakhstan just took the gunpowder out of Putin’s war in Ukraine
You've probably never heard of nitrocellulose—but this cotton-based explosive from Kazakhstan powers Russia's bullets in Ukraine.
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.
Frontline report: French Hammer bombs enable Ukraine to eliminate Russian commanders
While Ukrainian precision strikes devastate Russian leadership, Paris pledges all 1,200 bombs manufactured this year to Ukraine.
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.
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.
Frontline report: Kupiansk front turns into mass execution zone as Russian soldiers murder their commanders, steal trucks, and vanish
Not Ukraine. Not NATO. Russia is now at the war with itself after Kyiv takes out over 1 million troops.
Frontline report: Ukraine is deconstructing Russia’s drone factories—with fire and steel
Russia is building over 4,000 drones a month. Ukraine is blowing up the factories behind it.