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Russian “Susanin” drone component may push Ukraine into nighttime blackouts. Roads and highways would go dark first, presidential adviser says
Ukraine may have to rethink its wartime blackouts if Russia begins mass use of drones and missiles carrying the “Susanin” optical-navigation module.
Fifteen months ago, Ukraine’s online arms store for front-line units didn’t exist. Now, it delivers 1 in 5 drones that state buys
More than 500 combat units order drones, munitions, ground robots and electronic-warfare gear from it.
Poland, Bulgaria, now Lithuania: Russia’s suspected arson campaign reaches a third Starlink site serving Ukraine
Lithuanian officials said the night attack was foiled, and the prime minister said he believes the people behind it are already known.
“Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government”: Musk says Trump, not SpaceX, is behind cut hitting Ukraine
The ordinary Starlink on drones is capped at about 160 km/h, too slow for some missions, so faster flight needs the military StarShield version.
“Trump was looking for any opportunity to undermine our defense capabilities,” top Ukrainian volunteer, who supplied 291,502 FPV drones to front, says of sudden Starlink limit
Ukraine had stopped hitting Russian oil refineries as Trump asked, yet the Starlink limit still landed.
Drones now cause about 96% of Russia’s battlefield losses. Ukraine’s drone force says it has hit more than 100,000 Russian troops this year alone
That is more than 150,000 since the Unmanned Systems Forces was created.
Ukraine ordered 54% more FPV attack drones this year than in all of 2025, and deliveries jumped almost fourfold
Contracting across all drone types is up about 5.5 times in recent months compared with a year earlier.
Taliban and North Korea rubbed shoulders at Russia’s war games—one fuels Moscow’s war, the other needs its help
Two isolated governments in Russia's orbit turned up at the same drills—though only Kabul has said they met.
Germany accuses Russia of a drone bomb attempt at Leipzig. Now its eight biggest airports get drone detection
The air traffic controller's system spots drones in approach and departure paths and alerts the police, who remain responsible for stopping them.
Ukraine says its strikes have knocked out more than 51% of Russia’s oil refining capacity
Production and procurement of Ukraine's long-range strike drones tripled this year, and the Defense Ministry plans to scale them further.
Europe wants drones that actually work in war, so Ukrainian maker is moving in to build them in Belgium and Luxembourg
TAF Industries and Luxembourg's LUXUAV signed a memorandum to develop and field drones.
Ukraine solves riddle of metal “whiskers” on new Russia’s drones. They aren’t clever sensor
The metal prongs appearing on Russian strike drones are a mechanical contact detonator.
Russia adds new weapon to its jet-powered drones, even more dangerous: 40-kilogram charge made to sever high-voltage pylons and iron bridges
Russia opens a massed assault on the grid.
Russian drone explodes in Moldova, day after its opposition moves to suspend its pro-EU president. Analyst says that’s no coincidence
A Russian drone exploded in Moldova on 30 September, detonating near the mast of a civilian mobile operator,…
Russian jet-powered drone hits near Yahodyn, just 1.5 km from Poland, as Warsaw changes air defense rules
Poland plans to allow decisions to engage aerial targets based on radar data.
Ukraine destroys record 76 Russian air-defense systems this month, losses analyst says Russia “will never be able to restore”
The 76 systems destroyed this month beat a record from July 2023.
Year ago, only 12 Ukrainian brigades could order weapons online. Now, 500 units participate in revolutionary program that has delivered 1.3 million drones to front
DOT-Chain Defense lets frontline units order their own drones and gear.
Ukraine’s new drone ferries FPV drones deep behind Russian lines and releases them there. It costs about $9,900 and does three other jobs too
The KARA can drop bombs, relay signals, ferry FPV drones to the front, or strike, and it is on sale on Ukraine's state marketplace.
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.