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.
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
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?
Ukraine wrecked Russian bombers with $2,000 drones. US F-35s have the same blind spot
Drone defense absent at key US bases, including where 75% of world's F-35 pilots train
Russia’s top general claims over 500 km² seized in Ukraine in January — ISW says it’s only 265
The Russian military command has been boasting about seizing small rural villages to push the false narrative that Moscow's victory is inevitable.
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.
Ukraine will build 7 million drones in 2026—and it still won’t be enough
Manufacturing volume has roughly doubled every year since 2023
Satellite imagery confirms Ukraine’s Flamingo missiles scored 4/4 hits Russian Skif-M factory tied to Su-57 production (PHOTOS, MAP)
Contrary to Russian claims that only one missile reached the target, the image shows all four hit the Skif-M facility in Russia's Belgorod on 23 September 2025.
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.
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.
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:…
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
“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.
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
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
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.
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.
French automaker Renault is going to make drones for Ukraine
Partnership with defense firm led by French defense ministry
French army tests Ukrainian innovations — fiber-optic drones, 3D-printed mines, robot vehicles
Tech developed with an eye on Ukraine's battlefields