When you can’t get swarm through, you send one drone low and hand-flown. That’s Russia’s newest Shahed tactic
Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says Russia is shifting from mass Shahed attacks to single, complex, manually-controlled strikes.
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Ukraine’s deputy Air Force commander resigns the moment Fedorov loses the ministry
Pavlo Yelizarov, the No. 2 in the Air Force since January, made the departing minister's removal the sole reason for handing in his report.
Ukraine hits 15 Russian vessels as drone blockade of Crimea spreads across Azov Sea
Thermal anomalies flared from occupied Mariupol to Kerch as Ukrainian drones struck ships, power links and the air defenses guarding Russia’s routes into the peninsula.
Washington said Ukraine’s Patriot shortage was solved. Lockheed and RTX hadn’t been told.
Ukraine's NATO ambassador cheered the summit. The analysts watching it didn’t.
NATO jets over the Baltics get authority to shoot down “objects that pose a threat”
Lithuania's president announced the change, saying the security environment around the three states is no longer peaceful.
As Ukraine urgently seeks more air defense, Canada announces $900 million military aid package
Canada announced nearly $900 million in new military aid for Ukraine, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the package includes support to strengthen the country's air defenses.
“Ukraine’s urgent needs should be front and centre”: Nine EU ministers push Brussels to unlock Patriot air defense missiles as Russia’s ballistic attacks intensify
Nine European defense ministers urged the European Commission to speed approval for Ukraine to buy Patriot missiles and other critical weapons from outside the EU under its €90 billion support loan.
Mini air defense against FPVs and the “Peace Duck” AI interceptor: Ukraine unveils 20-system counter-drone arsenal
Ukrainian defense company Contra Drone showcased an integrated architecture combining radar, electronic warfare, autonomous interceptors, and strike drones to counter Russia's expanding UAV threat.
Ukraine urges partners to urgently release Patriot missiles after one of war’s largest air attacks
President Zelenskyy said delays in delivering promised Patriot missiles prevented Ukraine from intercepting all of Russia's latest attack, adding that faster support could have saved lives and homes.
Defense expert: Ukraine’s interceptor shortage has no quick fix
Only a handful of countries can build ballistic-missile interceptors, and all are short. Defense expert Marc DeVore explains why money can't fix Ukraine's interceptor shortage fast — and where the real leverage lies.
Russia built its air defense in layers. A Ukrainian commander says the drones are peeling them off one by one
The layers were the whole point—each system covering the next. Now the sky over the occupied south opens for Ukrainian jets
Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s ongoing Crimea operation is “carefully calculated”
The President linked it to a single condition: getting from G7 partners what Kyiv quietly asked for.
Ukrainian commander: Russia can’t buy the air defense to hold Crimea. The microchips don’t exist.
The bottleneck over Crimea isn't money, a drone-hunting commander says. It's chips.
Russia’s strike drones now fly with escorts – as Ukraine’s interceptors tear through stocks
Ukraine’s interceptor effectiveness is forcing Russian strike UAVs into escorted formations during missions, while pushing reconnaissance operations toward cheaper, lower-end drone systems.
UK to fund 150,000 Ukrainian-made drones and 350 air defense missiles in £752 million package funded by Russian assets
London says the aid will strengthen Ukraine’s defenses against Russian missile and drone attacks.
Ukraine, Germany to jointly develop anti-ballistic air defense system amid increased attacks
Deal expands Ukraine–Germany defense cooperation, opening path for joint air defense development and production of ground-based “TerMIT” robotic systems for Ukraine’s forces amid ongoing Russian strikes.
“It is we who must thank you,” Dutch defense minister told Ukraine when announcing $590 million in aid for Kyiv
Dutch Defense Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius met with Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
Ukraine’s drones now have Russian convoys riding out with four gun trucks and a prayer
Until last month the trucks rolled out unarmed—now 71% of them have vanished from the M-14 entirely.
Newly-announced Litavr interceptor is a model microcosm of Ukraine’s drone innovation programs
Each feature is an example of where Ukraine's interceptor industry is headed.
Russian missiles kill three and wound six in Chuhuiv as drones injure 15 in Kharkiv, including a one-year-old
Beyond Kharkiv Oblast, Russian attacks killed civilians in Kherson, Sumy, and Donetsk oblasts and wounded dozens more over 8–9 June. Local authorities report at least 8 civilian deaths and 61 injuries.