Russia killed 52 people in Ukraine this week — firing mostly ballistic missiles, hardest for air defense to stop
Russia fired 3,170 drones at Ukraine in seven days.
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One of few Western officials to witness war firsthand: What did Germany’s defense minister see on Ukraine’s front line?
Boris Pistorius went to the front line. Then he joined an EU defense ministers meeting from headquarters near combat area.
Ukraine’s new AI-powered laser “Tryzub” can burn holes in Shaheds from 5 km away
The Ukrainian-developed laser system is in final testing.
Ukraine’s air defense intercepted nearly 6,000 Russian aerial targets in April — at 90% effectiveness rate
Some 5,861 were destroyed before reaching their targets.
Take off in formation, fly low, navigate by terrain—Ukraine’s F-16 trainees finished a UK course Russia helped design
RAF instructors said the trainees' aircraft handling was solid from the first 10 sorties, with the months-long course shaped by jamming realities on the front line.
Russia’s new jet-powered Geran-4 just met Ukraine’s STING interceptor: Who won?
What makes this significant: the Geran-4 is not a standard propeller drone. It uses a turbojet engine.
“Octopus” interceptor goes to serial production: 8,000 units ordered to counter Russia’s Shahed strikes
The drones are backed by the UK and 29 domestic enterprises.
Ukraine’s Air Force fundamentally changes how it tracks Russian Shaheds
The old model effectively allowed drones to disappear from statistics if they crossed a region.
Ukraine doubled all of 2025’s interceptor drones in just four months, minister says
Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said the Defense Procurement Agency scaled deliveries through three parallel channels, including a weapons marketplace.
At post-Orbán EU summit, Zelenskyy proposed Europe build integrated air, missile, and drone defense
Zelensky thanked the EU for its 20th sanctions package against Russia and urged the first tranche of a €90 billion support package to arrive as soon as possible.
Ukraine’s An-28 transport just shot down a Shahed with a drone—on camera
Modern problems require modern solutions. If shooting down cheap Russian Shaheds with air-to-air missiles from jets is not…
Spain is sending Ukraine 100 VAMTAC vehicles, same platform hosting Britain’s Rapid Ranger counter-drone system
The VAMTAC platforms provide personnel protection and improved operational mobility in field conditions.
Air defense wants to intercept 95% of Russian weapons but is running out of radars to spot them
All systems to be produced in 2026 are already bought out, sergeant says.
From Belgian storage to Elbit subsidiary to Ukrainian air sefense: journey of 15 Gepard systems
Belgium once operated 54 Gepard systems before phasing them all out in the 2000s as part of defense modernization efforts.
US spent up to 61% of its Patriot arsenal in 39 days — Ukraine looks at building its own ballistic defense
"Ukraine is in such a state that there seems to be no other alternative but to try.”
British Rapid Ranger is downing Shaheds in Ukraine from Spanish armored vehicles
Ukraine's air defense just gained a new super layer.
11 countries want Ukraine’s drone defense technology: three Gulf states already signed 10-year deals
Ukrainian interceptor drones (systems designed to shoot down Russian Shaheds and other attack UAVs) have emerged as one of the most battlefield-validated Ukrainian drone capabilities.
US Army is deploying $3,000 drones to shoot down Shaheds — because Ukraine proved they work
Ukraine built this doctrine under fire. The US Army is now deploying it.
Pentagon kills Patriot’s next-gen interceptor worth only $8 million in funding
Why build a new missile?
Ukraine’s private-sector air defense groups downed their first jet Shahed — Russia’s drone that flies at 300+ km/h
A private group in Kharkiv Oblast made the interception, a minister reported. The network has grown from 13 to 19 enterprises it operates at since March, integrated into Air Force command.