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Russian Aggression

Ukrainian drone warfare pioneers Magyar’s Birds to expand threefold into full-fledged brigade

Ukraine's elite drone regiment, famed for devastating strikes on Russian forces, upgrades to brigade status while continuing combat, commander Robert Brovdi announced.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Drone wars: Ukrainian FPV destroys Russian fiber optic-controlled drone (video)

First-ever footage shows a Ukrainian UAV destroying its Russian unjammable fiber-optic counterpart, thwarting an attack on Ukrainian equipment.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian drone operator, illustrative image. Photo via Wikimedia.

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Latest news Ukraine

Reuters: Ukraine rolls out dozens of AI systems to help its drones hit targets

As Russian jamming equipment creates an invisible shield that has rendered traditional drones increasingly ineffective, Ukraine's AI-enabled drones are learning to find gaps in the electronic defenses that human operators can no longer penetrate.

byBenjamin Looijen

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Latest news Ukraine

Forbes: High-stakes tech race unfolds in Ukraine’s drone-dominated skies

Ukraine's drone interceptors are blinding Russian reconnaissance, impacting long-range attacks in a high-speed technological arms race over Ukrainian skies.

byYuri Zoria

A Russian drone operator carrying the Orlan-10 drone. Photo via Wikimedia.

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Latest news Ukraine

Russian forces enhance reconnaissance UAVs with electronic warfare against anti-aircraft drones

While the extent of this technology's deployment remains unclear, Ukrainian forces are already working on countermeasures, highlighting the ongoing technological cat-and-mouse race in the skies over Ukraine.

byBenjamin Looijen

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Latest news Ukraine

Cost-effective steel-screen Ukrainian solution outperforms Russian “turtle” tank protection

Ukrainian Metinvest's steel screens protect military vehicles from FPV drone attacks without compromising performance, unlike Russian improvised solutions, according to Liga.

byYuri Zoria

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Dispatch

An entrepreneur’s journey to leading one of Ukraine’s deadliest drone units

Heorhii Volkov never imagined his marketing skills would be used to outwit Russian forces, yet his business background proved crucial to make a UAV unit that now defends the most dire of directions

byDavid Kirichenko

A screenshot from the video Reporting from Ukraine, 3 September

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Frontline report

Frontline report: friendly fire incident exposes disarray in Russian ranks in Kursk Oblast

Russian soldiers celebrated the downing of a supposed "enemy" drone but later discovered they had destroyed their own Zala 421, a reconnaissance UAV.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Latest news Ukraine

Latvia will once again allocate 20 million euros for Ukrainian drone coalition in 2025

The Latvian and Ukrainian ministers of defense also discussed a recent agreement between the countries to train Ukrainian soldiers in a drone piloting program. The first Ukrainian pilots have already started training in Latvia.

byBenjamin Looijen

A screenshot from the Reporting from Ukraine video

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Frontline report

Frontline Report: Ukrainians halt Russian advance in Donetsk Oblast using mines, artillery, and drones

Despite launching one of the war's most intense mechanized assaults, Russian troops only managed to advance a few hundred meters west of Pobieda village. The limited gains fell far short of their objective to pressure Ukrainian forces from three directions.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Madyar’s Birds Detachment conducts daring drone operations against Russian forces

Madyar's Birds Detachment is regarded as one of the best drone operating forces in the Ukrainian military, and has conducted complex drone operations at the Liptsy front to devastating effect.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Ukraine’s maneuver defense tactics stall Russian offensive in Robotyne

HIMARS, reinforcements, minefields, and frontline engagements helped Ukrainians hold the line in Robotyne, where a Russian unorthodox quad bike assault proved catastrophic

byReporting from Ukraine

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Latest news Ukraine

Warfare history’s first: Ukrainian combat robot adjusted via UAV engages Russian positions

Ukraine's drone forces made history by deploying an unmanned, robotic ground vehicle equipped with a machine gun which was reportedly adjusted via air drone to eliminate Russian personnel.

byYuri Zoria