Ukraine’s ousted defense minister confirms M&M’s operation planning and discloses real story behind its name
The planned operation involved using autonomous, AI-powered drones to target Moscow’s airports and disrupt air traffic.
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The Fedorov protesters lost. But they backed a man for what he built, not what he promised—and that may be new in Ukraine.
For twenty years, Ukrainians voted for the biggest promises. This summer they marched for a record instead—and a scholar thinks that's the real story.
Ukrainian top volunteer from outgoing minister’s own team, whose drones downed 12,954 Russian targets, is offering to help his successor
Serhii Sternenko, the activist whose charity has supplied hundreds of thousands of FPV drones, congratulated new Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara with his new position.
Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Fedorov is out, but man behind his procurement reform and apps like Army+ isn’t going anywhere
Mstyslav Banik, the deputy who ran Ukraine's defense-procurement reform, says he is staying in the team of new Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara.
Ukraine’s cardboard protests look like democracy working. In a war, that’s also the risk.
Three weeks on, the protests go on—smaller but daily. Fedorov's old seat is filled by an acting minister, and Fedorov himself won't join the crowds demanding his return.
Zaluzhnyi, Fedorov, and Budanov lead Ukraine’s trust ranking as Zelenskyy places fourth – KIIS
Three of Ukraine's most recognizable wartime figures now command the strongest public confidence, a late-July sociological study found, even as the president's standing lags noticeably behind.
Ukraine’s ousted defense minister took drone contracts away from the generals. Now they may take them back
The suppliers who thrived under the old system are already pushing to bring it back.
Italy called Ukraine’s fired defense minister the day after his dismissal, with job offer
Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has said he offered former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov a position as his adviser.
Ukraine’s defense minister explained how the country buys weapons—after he was sacked
A sacked minister spent 90 minutes explaining how Ukraine buys shells. He told more than the ministry had published in six months.
When you can’t get swarm through, you send one drone low and hand-flown. That’s Russia’s newest Shahed tactic
Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says Russia is shifting from mass Shahed attacks to single, complex, manually-controlled strikes.
Ukraine is turning Crimea into an island. It just fired the minister who armed the effort
The same pattern that cost Zaluzhnyi his job in 2024—success, popularity, a Syrskyi clash, a possible rival.
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.
Zelenskyy arrives in Ankara for NATO summit. Defense minister Fedorov is not in Ukraine’s delegation
The Ukrainian president landed in Ankara seeking interceptor missiles and drone agreements.
Defense minister says Ukraine’s drones are turning Crimea into an island
Mykhailo Fedorov ties the logistics blockade to a drop in Russian assaults — and warns of consequences he will not yet name.
Ukraine to supply NATO ally Latvia with strike drones, ground robots, naval systems
Defense ministers spell out the Drone Deal's two-way flow
Ukraine doubled all of 2025’s interceptor drones in just four months, minister says
Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said the Defense Procurement Agency scaled deliveries through three parallel channels, including a weapons marketplace.
100 Russians surrendered to drones this winter – defense minister says
Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has published video footage showing Russian soldiers surrendering to Ukrainian drone operators, according…
Russia built an invisible web of Shahed relay towers in Belarus — Ukraine just tore it down
Russia needed a network of rooftop antennas to guide its drones over Ukraine, and Kyiv needed an operation to kill it.
Defense Minister: European partners to announce new air defense, drone financing at Ramstein
Ukraine's Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced new contributions to the country's defense ahead of the Ramstein meeting, according…
Amid Ukraine Cabinet reshuffle, Fedorov, man behind Ukraine’s digital warfare capabilities, takes over defense from Shmyhal
The Verkhovna Rada confirms both appointments after a second vote secured Shmyhal's new ministerial role.