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Ukraine’s Mirage 2000 fighters finally go on the offensive
Ukraine's speedy ex-French fighters have been on the defensive for an entire year. That may be changing. But are there enough bombs?
Why AIM missiles work for Ukraine: EW-resistant, “fire-and-forget,” effective against drones and cruise missiles
Ukraine uses three AIM missile types: Sidewinder (35 km, infrared), AMRAAM (up to 180 km, "fire-and-forget"), and Sparrow (70 km, semi-active radar).
Germany’s arms giant says it can flood Ukraine with ammo right now—if Western governments unlock funding
Europe’s biggest weapons maker is ready to arm Ukraine at bigger scale.
SpaceX’s Starlink block is already disrupting Russia’s elite drone unit as predicted, ISW says
Ukraine and SpaceX's efforts to block unauthorized Starlink terminals in Ukraine is already disrupting Russia's elite Rubikon Center…
Ukraine used to beg for matching missiles. Shershen fires whatever’s in the warehouse.
Shershen matches a lot of different radars, launchers and missiles. It's just what Ukraine needs.
Ukrainian pilot spots open hatch on retreating Russian SPG — sends drone straight inside for kill (VIDEO)
Russian anti-drone operator fired at the approaching UAV, but the drone hit the SPG anyway.
Ukraine destroys Russia’s newest AI drone type on first encounter in air
Recovered Klin sample gives Ukraine window into Russia's AI drone technology with countermeasure adaptation to follow.
US long withheld this €37 million radar. Spain just delivered it to Ukraine
Spain delivers NATO-tested, eastern flank-deployed radar to Ukraine.
Zelenskyy publicly criticizes air defense—but problem runs deeper than personnel, says expert
Ukraine lacks radar to track drones in clouds.
Ukraine secures 150 Swedish Gripens and 100 French Rafales in twin fighter jet deals
Ukraine has locked in commitments for 250 Western fighter jets through separate agreements with Sweden and France, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed while visiting the Kyiv Aviation Institute.
Ukrainian brigades detail Starlink crackdown: Russian terminals “became just bricks,” assaults disrupted
Russians forced to look for imperfect backup plans, which should slow down operations
Russian forces are hiding robots on field roads, camouflaging them carefully (VIDEO)
Ukraine's 79th brigade destroyed two ground robots. The explosion reveals what they were carrying.
Russia used Starlink in strike drones that reached Kyiv. SpaceX’s response collapsed entire command systemic
Russian military bloggers are admitting it openly. What happened to Starlink access changed everything.
Sweden prepares “one of its largest” aid packages for Ukraine with air defense, deep-strike drones
Saab systems and expanded support for Ukraine's defense industry included.
For first time in history, Ukrainian combat AI-robot takes captive three Russian soldiers (VIDEO)
"This is what modern war looks like."
Ukrainian RK-3 “Korsar” at Belarus KGB base raise questions about direct war involvement
Ukraine never exported these missiles. Now they're at the KGB base.
Drones appeared over central Kyiv before sirens: Expert warns new Russian capabilities are bad news
Shaheds may no longer be “blind”.
Pro-Russian Czech PM Babiš shuts down any transfer of L-159 aircraft to Ukraine
Despite backing from the president and top general, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš firmly ruled out sending L-159 jets to Ukraine.
France just delivered drones to Ukraine that can strike 500 km behind enemy lines
The Rodeur 330 loitering munition offers both shield and sword capabilities, designed for intelligence gathering in Europe but deep strikes in Ukraine, its maker says.