Real risk: Kyiv is detecting Belarus activity that could threaten Ukraine and European countries in future, “Flash” Beskrestnov says
Serhii 'Flash' Beskrestnov doesn't rule out Russia using Belarus as a missile or Shahed launchpad.
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Russia is bolting jammers onto its Shahed drones to survive Ukraine’s cheap interceptors
Defense official confirmed the modified drones turned up in recent attacks, then declined to treat the upgrade as anything Moscow should boast about.
Ukraine says it struck “Rubicon” elite Russian drone unit in occupied Luhansk Oblast — while Moscow accuses Kyiv of hitting civilians
Ukraine's General Staff said the overnight strike package included a Russian unit known for drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
Beijing is far more directly involved in war than previously understood: China secretly trained 200 Russian troops in 2025
Chinese troops have trained in Russia since 2024. Russians training in China is the new part.
Pentagon is now studying Ukraine’s drone warfare up close
American military personnel have been sent to Ukraine to study modern drone warfare and integrate Ukrainian battlefield experience…
Russia planned major naval counteroffensive against Ukraine in 2026. Drones were built, but they can’t be used
According to Defense Ministry advisor Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, that single decision collapsed Russia's entire unmanned naval campaign before it began.
Mobilization gap: Russia now losing more troops than it can replace, for fifth month running
Ukraine's Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov calls it the "mathematics of war", and it is turning decisively against Russia.
One Ukrainian drone maker carried out 11,473 strikes in March, and took out 43% of Russia’s Molniya drones
General Chereshnia" UAVs carried out 11,473 strikes in the latest reporting period.
“The Urals, Karl!”: Drones struck Russia’s Yekaterinburg for first time at record distance of 1,800 kilometers
The residential complex "Trinity" in the city center sustained damage, and six people were injured. No air-raid warning was issued. No alert reached residents.
Ukraine’s prominent drone expert “Flash”: Russia’s cheap Molniya drones fly too low for radar
Molniya drones fly at low altitude and use materials that reduce radar visibility.
Ukraine is building a bigger deep-strike drone machine — middle- and deep-strike operations both scaling up, more units from May
The drone forces say they already run more than 100,000 combat sorties a month. Now its commander is formally expanding the tiers that reach deepest into Russian territory.
ISW: Russia likely plans to exploit European telecom loopholes for Shahed guidance — as it already does near Poland, Romania, Belarus
Ukraine's MoD adviser said Russia orders SIM cards from T2, a Rostelecom subsidiary, for Shahed drones, which then switch to neighboring countries’ networks when Ukraine blocks them.
The most dangerous drone unit Russia has just lost its logistics base near Mariupol — Ukraine found it and burned it
Last night, Ukraine's SOF destroyed the base of Rubikon — Moscow's elite unit that operates virtually every Russian attack and reconnaissance drone type except Shaheds.
“Storm a treeline? Better to just take it apart with a Vampire” — drone battalion commander on how war changed in 2026
Maksym, call sign "Rumyn," says the kill zone has grown from 3 km to "many times larger" — and explains what that means for infantry .
Ukraine’s drone forces count their air defense kills by the fortnight — 12 in the first two weeks of April alone
BS commander Robert Brovdi's video release shows the pace of Ukraine's systematic anti-air campaign: Tor-M1s in Mariupol and Luhansk, a Pantsir-S1 in Donetsk Oblast, rear bases, ammo depots — four units, 14 days, 12 systems.
Putin fortifies his family’s home. Seven new missile towers went up in single day
Seven new Pantsir went up at Putin’s residence in Valdai in a single day. The total is now 27. Ukraine hasn't struck there—yet.
ISW: Russians “weaponizing civilian harm as an intentional tool of war” by pervasively employing human safari tactics
The assessment follows two FPV strikes on civilian buses in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 7 April — part of a pattern that the UN has previously confirmed as crimes against humanity.
Kholodnyi Yar commander: The drone war is won at the contact line, but it is decided in the depth
Shamil Krutkov says Ukraine's brigades must push drone operations deeper into Russian rear areas, and the key variables are the number and quality of available UAVs as well as enemy positioning.
Fishing nets used in the Mediterranean for millennia — now Italy wants to turn them into drone shields over Ukrainian cities
Senator Scalfarotto introduced the bill after Ukraine demonstrated that mesh strong enough to haul fish can also stop a Shahed from reaching a hospital or a convoy.
How FPV drones saved two Ukrainian POWs: isolate, strike, evacuate
he operation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast required coordinating multiple units and using drones to establish control of the situation before any direct strike could be authorized.