“We need asymmetric effect,” Defense Minister Khmara says, as Ukraine funds its own missiles and radars to stop burning costly interceptors on cheap Russia’s drones
Also, Kyiv continues seeking solutions against Russian KABs.
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Dozens of Russian drones fell to gun turrets over Kyiv in a month, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says
The ministry also credits turrets with 60+ targets in a private project—the figure it gave on 14 October for all private teams.
Ukraine’s new ground robot switches from land to water in seconds. It just ran its first supply mission, 40 kilometers to positions others can’t reach
A Ukrainian robot drives to the front, then swims.
Ukrainian soldiers solve drone-delivery problem US military has chased for three decades
It went from idea to combat in 10 days.
Ukraine shoots down Russian drones by hundred thousand: 350,000 this year, filmed and verified hit by hit in DELTA
The tally dwarfs what NATO manages against a handful of Russian drones.
Ukraine dismissed its defense minister in July. He is now advising NATO country on defense innovation
Guido Crozetto called the dismissed Ukrainian minister the day after Kyiv let him go.
Ukraine has built twin-Kalashnikov turret for cheap ground robots. Security Service has already used one to destroy Russian ambushes
A Brave1 turret carries two AKs and went from idea to prototype in under six months
Three Ukrainian units received kit that makes an uncrewed vehicle out of whatever they’re already driving
Three Ukrainian units received Kaban, which bolts onto a vehicle and drives it by remote.
No radio signal, no way to jam it: Ukraine’s top-ranked strike drone can wait 48 hours for its target
Ukraine's manufacturers ranked their most effective fiber-optic strike drones in July, with Beshket, Deadliner Q1, and Vyriy Opto 10 taking the top three.
Ukraine and NATO are funding joint teams to turn battlefield prototypes into weapons — each pairing Ukrainian firm with allied one
Brave1 and NATO began accepting applications for UNITE - Brave NATO, a joint grant program to scale drone and air-defense technology.
Ukraine’s reformist defense Minister is out after six months. Earlier, his audit exposed $7.2 billion in defense overspending
Mykhailo Fedorov, the drone-warfare architect who became Ukraine's youngest defense minister, is leaving after six months, having opened his tenure with an audit that found $7.2 billion in overspending.
Airbus joins Ukraine’s frontline defence innovation program
Airbus has signed a memorandum with Ukraine's Brave1 defence technology cluster, marking the company's entry into a combat-tested innovation system that feeds frontline data directly into weapons development
One more entry in fast-filling interceptor lineup: Ukraine’s new Talion can kill drone or be drone
Russia scaled its drone campaign. Ukraine scaled its interception industry.
France is putting $22 million into Ukrainian defense tech. Deal comes with battlefield testing
The program will support joint Ukrainian-French development of drones, missile technologies, and air defense systems, with first competitions for companies scheduled for September 2026.
Ukraine found Russian artillery’s weak spot and destroyed 250 systems in two nights
The barrel-destroying munition addresses a key tactical problem: standard drone or projectile hits often damage but don't permanently disable Russian artillery, allowing Russian forces to repair and return systems to combat.
Ukraine built 90% of its newly authorized weapons itself. Year ago, it was 70%
Of the 1,000 samples authorized, 892 are produced in Ukraine.
BlueBird Tech starts partnership with leading scientific and design bureau to serially produce Ukrainian guided aerial bombs
BlueBird Tech becomes at least Ukraine's second domestic guided-bomb producer as Russia now drops 1,560 KABs a week.
Ukraine is pushing to move all frontline logistics onto robots: It received 1,028 of them through its quick weapons marketplace
The push aims to take soldiers off the war's deadliest task, with robots running 343 missions a day in April.
Ukraine announces its first “Equalizer” for asymmetric warfare: 250 kg warhead, no donor restrictions, third of US JDAM-ER cost
Until now Ukraine had no domestic precision glide bomb, relying on scarce Western donations, such as JDAM-ER kits, ATACMS, Storm Shadow, and SCALP-EG.
Ukrainian soldier says supplier swapped ordered drone batteries for cheaper cells that risk thermal runaway at front
He had to slice open the casing himself to find out, and what was inside was not what the contract specified.