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“Remembrance is not violation”: Ukrainian soldiers respond to IOC ban of portraits of killed Ukrainian athletes on athlete’s helmet

IOC prohibits Ukrainian skeleton athlete's tribute to fallen but allows Russian athletes to compete at same Olympics.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine destroys Buks concealed by Russians in wooded terrain of Kharkiv Oblast. It’s same type of system that killed 298 people on MH17 (VIDEO)

Ukrainian soldiers from the 8th Corps of the Air Assault Forces destroyed two Russian Buk surface-to-air missile systems.…

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia isn’t stopping plans for buffer zone: Moscow troops push toward Sumy city through Khotin

"Buffer zone" means ruins. No electricity. No gas. Destroyed life.

byOlena Mukhina

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Money Matters

Applications fall despite rising military pay as Ukraine’s demographic crisis bites (INFOGRAPHIC)

Even salaries exceeding the IT sector can’t overcome the risk calculation.

byPeeter Helme

Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi in military uniform sits across from journalist Andriy Drozda in front of a military vehicle with anti-drone cage armor during a snowy winter interview in eastern Ukraine.

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Latest news Ukraine

Syrskyi interview: 800,000 troops guarantee defense as reforms reshape Ukraine’s military

Russia's 410,000 losses this year exceeded its entire recruitment drive.

byMaxim Volovich

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Latest news Ukraine

In 2025, Ukraine sent 75% of its weapons procurement budget to domestic manufacturers, with further increases planned for 2026

More than 50% of weapons in Ukraine's military are now domestically produced, achieving President Zelenskyy's October target in under three months.

byOlena Mukhina

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Military tech

Want to build long-range drones for Ukraine? First, you need the right friends

Companies must fight for personnel, information, access

byIgor Kossov

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Latest news Ukraine

Battlefield math is changing in Ukraine: Kyiv’s drone output surged 2.5-fold in 2025

Ukraine produced 3 million FPV drones in 2025, equivalent to one drone every 10 seconds.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Moscow says Kupiansk is Russian. Ukrainian forces insist only 100 Russian soldiers left in city

Drones can't carry enough ammunition.

byOlena Mukhina

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“They did not want to kill civilians”: Why did Ukraine let Russians escape with 52 abducted Ukrainians from border village?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has shared details about Russia's abduction of 52 Ukrainian civilians from the border village of…

byOlena Mukhina

Russian drone attack killed people in their homes and destroyed houses in northeastern Sumy Oblast on the night of 24 June.

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia’s 36th Brigade takes 50 Ukrainian civilians across the border by force, most of them are men

The Ukrainian military calls it "political provocation," not an operation.

byOlena Mukhina

A captured Russian T-80BVM by Ukrainian troops during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Photo via Wikimedia.

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“Three brigades are not enough for its defense”: Ukrainian expert reveals Russia’s next big target in 2026

Ukraine must learn 2025's lessons or repeat its mistakes.

byOlena Mukhina

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Interview

“Certainly not a Russian model”: Ukraine’s assault architect confronts accusations of meat-wave tactics

High casualties, convict soldiers, and questions about Syrskyi

byIgor Kossov

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine retakes 90% of Kupiansk after systematic campaign that disabled Russia’s secret pipeline infiltration route

Three tons of explosives destroyed the path to the city.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

“We won’t win without women”: Ukraine’s military creates female-only combat units

Ukraine's military announced the creation of the Harpies in April, a drone unit where women will exclusively execute lethal strikes, as the country deploys more than 70,000 women across its armed forces—a 40 percent increase since 2021.

byMaria Tril

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine’s answer to fragment threats: $589 solution that meets NATO standards and works at -40°C

Ukraine develops a NATO-grade ballistic blanket, the first ever made domestically.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

“Impossible to stop them, they’re everywhere”: Ukraine holds Pokrovsk against 170,000 Russians, but Myrnohrad evacuation routes collapse (VIDEO)

Russia launches 50 assaults on Pokrovsk with elite units, armor, motorcycles.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Welcome to future of war: Ukrainian combat robot just destroyed Russian armored vehicle and its crew (VIDEO)

Russia sent an armored vehicle full of soldiers. Ukraine sent a robot.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Some 13,000 Ukrainians at risk, 3,500 can’t evacuate alone: Russia strikes dam that was once Kharkiv’s “road of life”

Ukraine says: "Our response plans have been ready since 2022."

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia loses eyes over Crimea, fuel, military echelon, troop concentration—all in Ukraine’s four-target operation

Russia's Nebo-U radar saw everything within 400km, except the strike that killed it.

byOlena Mukhina

Armed Forces of Ukraine

“Remembrance is not violation”: Ukrainian soldiers respond to IOC ban of portraits of killed Ukrainian athletes on athlete’s helmet

Ukraine destroys Buks concealed by Russians in wooded terrain of Kharkiv Oblast. It’s same type of system that killed 298 people on MH17 (VIDEO)

Russia isn’t stopping plans for buffer zone: Moscow troops push toward Sumy city through Khotin

Applications fall despite rising military pay as Ukraine’s demographic crisis bites (INFOGRAPHIC)

Syrskyi interview: 800,000 troops guarantee defense as reforms reshape Ukraine’s military

In 2025, Ukraine sent 75% of its weapons procurement budget to domestic manufacturers, with further increases planned for 2026

Want to build long-range drones for Ukraine? First, you need the right friends

Battlefield math is changing in Ukraine: Kyiv’s drone output surged 2.5-fold in 2025

Moscow says Kupiansk is Russian. Ukrainian forces insist only 100 Russian soldiers left in city

“They did not want to kill civilians”: Why did Ukraine let Russians escape with 52 abducted Ukrainians from border village?

Russia’s 36th Brigade takes 50 Ukrainian civilians across the border by force, most of them are men

“Three brigades are not enough for its defense”: Ukrainian expert reveals Russia’s next big target in 2026

“Certainly not a Russian model”: Ukraine’s assault architect confronts accusations of meat-wave tactics

Ukraine retakes 90% of Kupiansk after systematic campaign that disabled Russia’s secret pipeline infiltration route

“We won’t win without women”: Ukraine’s military creates female-only combat units

Ukraine’s answer to fragment threats: $589 solution that meets NATO standards and works at -40°C

“Impossible to stop them, they’re everywhere”: Ukraine holds Pokrovsk against 170,000 Russians, but Myrnohrad evacuation routes collapse (VIDEO)

Welcome to future of war: Ukrainian combat robot just destroyed Russian armored vehicle and its crew (VIDEO)

Some 13,000 Ukrainians at risk, 3,500 can’t evacuate alone: Russia strikes dam that was once Kharkiv’s “road of life”

Russia loses eyes over Crimea, fuel, military echelon, troop concentration—all in Ukraine’s four-target operation

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