Ukrainian university and the Flamingo missile-maker opened an engineering course. On the first try, zero of 150 passed
Even students who scored well on the university entrance exam flunked the physics round.
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Ukraine says it hit an Iskander launcher near the border—part of a dedicated hunt for Russia’s ballistic launch sites
The tactic gives Kyiv another way to reduce the missile threat when its stocks of anti-ballistic interceptors are low, Zelenskyy says.
Zelenskyy awarded Vikings star, ballistic missile CEO took stage, and strike drone got signed with messages to Russians: Ukraine’s major UNITED24 platform turns four
Ukraine's UNITED24 platform has raised nearly $4 billion in four years of war.
Ukrainian drones hit warehouse belonging to Russian online retailer Ozon for the first time
Ozon suspended operations at the Chapayevsk hub and began redirecting deliveries and orders through other facilities.
Ukraine says its drones hit major Russian refinery amid deepening fuel shortages
Militarnyi describes the target as one of Russia’s 10 largest refineries. Damage or interruption to production remains unconfirmed.
Ukraine’s Flamingo missile maker’s new Danish plant delayed to 2027 as costs could triple
Denmark removed 20-plus legal barriers for Fire Point’s rocket-fuel plant, but safety rules still make a new factory necessary.
New satellite imagery shows a caved-in roof at Russia’s only Soyuz rocket-assembly plant
The imagery pins the damage to the building where crews wire the rockets' controls and electronics.
Seventh time this year: Ukrainian drones torch a top-five Russian refinery in Yaroslavl
The pre-dawn raid sent several columns of black smoke over the Slavneft-YANOS plant, which turns crude into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel for central Russia.
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.
A Russian warehouse built to hold 120 million items is burning east of Moscow region
Russia's largest online retailer confirmed the fire, evacuated staff, and reported no casualties, while the regional governor said emergency crews were working at the scene.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces sent FP-1 drones to Ryazan—a refinery and a warehouse burned
Open-source analysts worked through eyewitness frames to place the blaze at the complex the marketplace calls Ryazan: Tyushevskaya. Later in the morning, the drones reached a Perm refinery 1,500 km from Ukraine.
“From Simferopol to St. Petersburg”—Ukraine’s drone commander sums up one night of fire at Russia’s online giant
Same retailer, the fourth assault in a week—Ukraine has a clear new favorite target.
The Russian retailer's logistics network keeps ending up on fire.
One plant makes the seats that save Russian pilots—Ukraine’s Flamingo missile torched it 1,200 km from home
The Avitek factory is the country's sole serial producer of escape seats for every fighter and attack aircraft in the fleet.
Ukraine is trying to wreck Russia’s oil fleet without spilling its oil—the Black Sea can’t take another slick
Ukraine's countershipping campaign risks polluting the fragile Black Sea. Drone operators are trying to spill less oil.
“Symbolically,” says Ukraine’s departing defense minister: New ballistic missile was tested on day government resigned
On his way out, Fedorov said Ukraine ran a successful ballistic missile test on 14 July, developed in the Defense Ministry's zone of responsibility.
Zelenskyy wants FREYJA flying within 12 months. Ten nations just joined European Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition for first time
Zelenskyy told the first meeting of the European Anti-Ballistic Coalition that Ukraine is finishing its interceptor and hopes to see FREYJA working within 12 months.
Ukraine’s top missile designer: modern war is won by whoever experiments with weapons faster
Fire Point's Denys Shtilerman says Russia's engineering school still follows the Soviet template of designing for years before testing.
Ukraine is building its own ballistic interceptor for $700,000 per shot. Eight countries may join project
Ukraine's Freya anti-ballistic project may add up to eight European partners, President Zelenskyy told journalists.
A $50k Ukrainian drone just hit a refinery 2,500 km inside Russia. The expensive missiles couldn’t
With bigger wings and more fuel, Ukrainian drones can range deeper inside Russia to hit once unreachable targets.
Russia says it downed Ukraine’s first ballistic missile—a weapon Kyiv has never announced
Kyiv stayed silent. Moscow's ministry did the announcing.