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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.

11 minute read

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Collective survival beats post-Soviet authority dependency: Five unexpected consequences of Russian attacks on Kyiv

Summer cottages with solar panels, batteries, and fireplaces become survival fortresses for the Ukrainians as strikes and power shortages push people from cities.

byOlena Mukhina

4 minute read

Military tech

Is the Flamingo missile a real weapon, or just marketing?

There are worrying signs that Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile is mostly hype.

byDavid Axe

Batch of BMP-3. Photo via Kurganmashzavod.

5 minute read

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

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.

byDavid Axe

13 minute read

Dispatch

The demographic revolution Odesa doesn’t talk about

Half of Odesa is new. You’d never know it. Contents Mamalyga: Friday night heat The demographic remix Khadjibey:…

byPeeter Helme

nato send ukraine $5 billion weapons year’s end — focus air defense · post american patriot missile systems patriots final weeks 2025 set receive large batch us-supplied worth about deputy

4 minute read

Military tech

The drone hunting Ukraine’s Patriots uses Starlink to dodge jamming

BM-35 drones are precision weapons mounting Starlink and at least 41 foreign components

byIgor Kossov

Russia Weaponizes Propaganda With Airstrikes

4 minute read

Russian Aggression

“Let them freeze”: Russian state TV gloats over Moscow’s energy strikes, blames Kyiv

Kremlin channels twisted a NYT article to claim Ukrainians want surrender.

byDaniel Thomas

5 minute read

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russian tanks went underground. Their radios didn’t shut up.

Signals intelligence is helping one Ukrainian drone unit blunt the assault on Sloviansk before it starts

byDavid Axe

Chinese research icebreaker Xue Long 2 operating on the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic, monitored by U.S. Coast Guard aircraft, July 2025.

4 minute read

Hybrid War

Russia and China build Arctic hybrid threat toolkit through shipping and “civilian” science

People's Liberation Army openly states military will conduct Arctic reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering missions

byMaxim Volovich

A 111th Territorial Defense Brigade trooper.

4 minute read

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Ukraine closed one door into Kostiantynivka. Russia found another already open

Repulsed east and south of Kostiantynivka, the Russian Center Group of Forces may be trying to infiltrate the city from the west.

byDavid Axe

116th Mechanized Brigade tank with rotating anti-drone armor.

5 minute read

Military tech

Russia’s tanks can finally shoot through their drone armor. Ukraine noticed.

The best add-on anti-drone armor prevents a tank's gun from rotating. Russia and Ukraine are both working on solutions.

byDavid Axe

2 minute read

Military tech

French automaker Renault is going to make drones for Ukraine

Partnership with defense firm led by French defense ministry

byIgor Kossov

3 minute read

Military tech

French army tests Ukrainian innovations — fiber-optic drones, 3D-printed mines, robot vehicles

Tech developed with an eye on Ukraine's battlefields

byIgor Kossov

sbu shows unseen footage $4b russian air defenses destroyed 2025 (video) · post pantsir-s2 defense system moments before struck ukrainian drone video pantsir s2 dorne strike ukraine news reports

6 minute read

Military tech

SBU says it tore $4 billion hole in Russia’s air defenses in 2025

Destruction provides "safe passage" to Ukraine's deep strike weapons

byIgor KossovandbyYuri Zoria

An Oreshnik missile strikes Lviv in January.

5 minute read

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia fired its scariest missile at Ukraine’s MiG-29 plant. It probably missed.

It might take more than a single Oreshnik missile to knock out the fighter repair plant in Lviv.

byDavid Axe

4 minute read

Russia arrests 17 indigenous activists across six regions in coordinated December crackdown

Activists face 20 years in Russia on terrorism charges for speaking at UN forums. The arrests mark an…

byDaniel Thomas

4 minute read

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

The quiet tactic that took Pokrovsk may already be inside Kostiantynivka

Taking advantage of Ukraine's desperate manpower shortage, Russian infiltrators may be creeping into their next objective: the eastern settlement of Kostiantynivka.

byDavid Axe

2 minute read

Military tech

Stealthy, hydrogen-powered recon drones enter military service

Less noise and heat, higher altitude, at the expense of engineering challenges

byIgor Kossov

3 minute read

Military tech

A weapon to surpass fiber optic drones needs more time in the oven

Tests appear promising, but is it ready for primetime?

byIgor Kossov

Orange State Emergency Service heated tents illuminated at night in front of Kyiv apartment buildings, some windows lit while others remain dark during blackouts

8 minute read

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia breaks Kyiv’s energy ring as capital faces worst energy crisis of the war

Broken ring means available power can't reach neighborhoods with destroyed substations

byMaxim Volovich

5 minute read

Military tech

Check out this super rare Russian T-64 turtle tank

The Russians need turtle tanks. They don't need them badly enough to make them out of Ukrainian T-64s.

byDavid Axe

Russian Aggression

Collective survival beats post-Soviet authority dependency: Five unexpected consequences of Russian attacks on Kyiv

Is the Flamingo missile a real weapon, or just marketing?

The Russians replaced more than 9,000 destroyed vehicles. They can’t do it again.

The demographic revolution Odesa doesn’t talk about

The drone hunting Ukraine’s Patriots uses Starlink to dodge jamming

“Let them freeze”: Russian state TV gloats over Moscow’s energy strikes, blames Kyiv

Russian tanks went underground. Their radios didn’t shut up.

Russia and China build Arctic hybrid threat toolkit through shipping and “civilian” science

Ukraine closed one door into Kostiantynivka. Russia found another already open

Russia’s tanks can finally shoot through their drone armor. Ukraine noticed.

French automaker Renault is going to make drones for Ukraine

French army tests Ukrainian innovations — fiber-optic drones, 3D-printed mines, robot vehicles

SBU says it tore $4 billion hole in Russia’s air defenses in 2025

Russia fired its scariest missile at Ukraine’s MiG-29 plant. It probably missed.

Russia arrests 17 indigenous activists across six regions in coordinated December crackdown

The quiet tactic that took Pokrovsk may already be inside Kostiantynivka

Stealthy, hydrogen-powered recon drones enter military service

A weapon to surpass fiber optic drones needs more time in the oven

Russia breaks Kyiv’s energy ring as capital faces worst energy crisis of the war

Check out this super rare Russian T-64 turtle tank

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