Ukraine’s deputy Air Force commander resigns the moment Fedorov loses the ministry
Pavlo Yelizarov, the No. 2 in the Air Force since January, made the departing minister's removal the sole reason for handing in his report.
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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.
Russia’s ex-space chief calls for “systematic zeroing out” of the Starlink satellite constellation
Senator Dmitry Rogozin claims cutting Ukraine off from SpaceX's network would end the war within two to three weeks — and that Russia knows several ways to do it.
Ukraine hits 15 Russian vessels as drone blockade of Crimea spreads across Azov Sea
Thermal anomalies flared from occupied Mariupol to Kerch as Ukrainian drones struck ships, power links and the air defenses guarding Russia’s routes into the peninsula.
Japan and Ukraine will jointly develop and produce military drones
The SCMP reported Tokyo is drawing on Ukraine's war against Russia to accelerate its own programs.
Russia thought occupied Crimea was its fortress. Ukrainian forces say they’ve been pulling the walls down for years now
The latest piece: a rail bridge near İçki that fed troops across occupied Crimea.
Russian MoD claims it shot down nearly 40,000 Ukrainian long-range drones over Russia and Crimea
The figure comes from Defense Ministry tallies compiled by a Russian newspaper.
Drones flew 1,300 km to Russia’s Ufa—then struck Bashneft refineries
Bashkortostan’s head claimed air defenses had shot down the drones and that the damage was caused only by falling debris.
Ukraine gave its drone-killer system an “app store”—with one rule no add-on can break
Engineers can add almost anything, but nothing is allowed to fire a weapon by itself.
Ukrainian commander: Russia can’t buy the air defense to hold Crimea. The microchips don’t exist.
The bottleneck over Crimea isn't money, a drone-hunting commander says. It's chips.
Azov Corps: Kherson 2.0 is next, then Crimea. Russia has no way to resupply them.
Not an analyst or a politician—the corps fighting the campaign said it.
Ukraine’s drone commander says his branch killed or wounded 102,000 Russians in 12 months. It started with a grenade taped to drone that filmed weddings
Robert "Madiar" Brovdi, the art-collecting ex-grain trader who runs Ukraine's drone branch, said his units account for every third Russian falling on the battlefield.
“Fourth house. Blue doors”: Four years ago three Ukrainians changed global warfare forever (VIDEO)
Four years later, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) has struck nearly $40 billion worth of Russian targets.
“Golden hour doesn’t always exist”: Australian instructors for Ukraine have rebuilt curriculum around drone reality and say learning runs in both directions
Australian instructors say they're learning from the Ukrainians.
Ukraine says its drone deal with the US is stuck while its deals with Europe and the Gulf move ahead
Kyiv agreed to let Washington check its air, sea, and land drones, yet the framework agreement remains open, Zelenskyy said.
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.
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…