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FPV drone by Ptashka Drones equipped with a 50 km fiber optic reel. Photo from the company’s official Telegram channel.

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Latest news Ukraine

Technology Russia and Ukraine refined on their battlefield just hit Israeli Black Hawk in Lebanon

Fiber-optic drones cannot be jammed by electronic warfare. No signal to block. No frequency to suppress. The wire carries the signal directly from operator to drone.

byOlena Mukhina

Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov speaking at the Kyiv Security Forum, 23 April 2026. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Office

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Russian Aggression

The arms Ukraine outgrew in two years are now its potential export catalogue

Budanov listed older FPVs, 2022-2023 long-range drones, sea drones, and bombers as candidates for sale to Asia and Africa.

byYuri Zoria

A Ukrainian police car, damaged by a Russian strike. Source: The National Police of Ukraine

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Latest news Ukraine

68-year-old man and woman on motorcycle were killed by Russian FPV drone in Kherson this morning

While police officers responded to the scene, Russia carried out a second strike, deliberately hitting the service vehicle of first responders.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

The most dangerous drone unit Russia has just lost its logistics base near Mariupol — Ukraine found it and burned it

Last night, Ukraine's SOF destroyed the base of Rubikon — Moscow's elite unit that operates virtually every Russian attack and reconnaissance drone type except Shaheds.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

“Storm a treeline? Better to just take it apart with a Vampire” — drone battalion commander on how war changed in 2026

Maksym, call sign "Rumyn," says the kill zone has grown from 3 km to "many times larger" — and explains what that means for infantry .

byYuri Zoria

The US-developed Leonidas VehicleKit platform. Source: Epirus

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Latest news Ukraine

Drones Russia thought were unjammable just met US LEONIDAS microwave weapon

Fiber-optic UAVs threaten logistics 50 km deep.

byOlena Mukhina

russian tanks ifvs rarely reach contact line — ukraine's 20 km kill zone stops cold spokesman says · post tank explodes after fpv drone strike pokrovsk direction donetsk oblast late

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Latest news Ukraine

Russian tanks and IFVs rarely reach the contact line — Ukraine’s 20 km kill zone stops them cold, spokesman says

Trehubov noted that quad bikes and motorcycles still get through, but calling them military hardware is a stretch.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

ISW: Russians “weaponizing civilian harm as an intentional tool of war” by pervasively employing human safari tactics

The assessment follows two FPV strikes on civilian buses in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 7 April — part of a pattern that the UN has previously confirmed as crimes against humanity.

byYuri Zoria

cost-effective steel-screen ukrainian solution outperforms russian turtle tank protection army's leopard 2 covered protective steel cages

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine’s Leopard took 52 hits and kept going. This is armor upgrade that made it possible

The tank survived because it had been transformed into something closer to a fortified position than a vehicle.

byOlena Mukhina

kholodnyi yar commander drone war won contact line decided depth · post shamil krutkov ukraine's 93rd separate mechanized brigade командир 93-ї окремої механізованої бригади «холодний яр» шаміль крутков ukraine news

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Latest news Ukraine

Kholodnyi Yar commander: The drone war is won at the contact line, but it is decided in the depth

Shamil Krutkov says Ukraine's brigades must push drone operations deeper into Russian rear areas, and the key variables are the number and quality of available UAVs as well as enemy positioning.

byYuri Zoria

Yasni Ochi Ukraine drone warfare Chasiv Yar

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine ramps up engineering mines and UAV ammo—Q1 2026 already surpasses 50% of 2025 supply

Minister Mykhailo Fedorov: “Military needs these items in large quantities, so we continue to scale up supply."

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

How FPV drones saved two Ukrainian POWs: isolate, strike, evacuate

he operation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast required coordinating multiple units and using drones to establish control of the situation before any direct strike could be authorized.

byYuri Zoria

ukraine award drone-purchase points when russian soldiers kill under drone pressure · post soldier committing suicide ukrainian footage cia telegram/fedorov russian-soldier-committing-suicide- ukraine's defense ministry considering awarding units battlefield minister mykhailo

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine may award drone-purchase points when Russian soldiers kill themselves under drone pressure

The Brave1 Market system lets drone units trade eBaly points for drones, electronic warfare gear, and components.

byYuri Zoria

russia's spring offensive has stalled ukraine's fortress belt — isw says won't break through 2026 · post destroyed russian tank anti-drone cope cage near novoukrainka pokrovsk district donetsk oblast 29

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia’s spring offensive has stalled at Ukraine’s Fortress Belt — ISW says it won’t break through in 2026

The 3rd Combined Arms Army, the only Russian force positioned to push directly on Sloviansk, hasn't gained ground in a week after a month of tactically significant advances east of the city.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukrainian drone pilots get round-the-clock support from another continent. While Kyiv sleeps, Australian experts run night shift

Australian experts work Kyiv time to aid pilots and test equipment.

byOlena Mukhina

NATO soldiers at the training. Source: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)

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Latest news Ukraine

NATO and Ukraine just launched their first joint defense tech competition. €10 million is the prize

The competition has been launched under the UNITE — Brave NATO program, bringing together companies from Ukraine and NATO member states

byOlena Mukhina

russia launched what start its spring offensive 17 — lost 900 troops 36 hours without breaking through anywhere along 100-kilometer front · post vehicle transporting fuel russian moments before ukrainian

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia launched what may be the start of its spring offensive on 17 March — and lost 900 troops in 36 hours without breaking through anywhere along a 100-kilometer front

Russian forces launched multi-sector assaults along the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts on 17–18 March, suffering heavy casualties without…

byYuri Zoria

A Ukrainian soldier is loading a ground robotic system. Source: The General Staff

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Latest news Ukraine

Drone interceptor was last year’s innovation. Ukraine has already moved on

A robot now hauls the wounded off the battlefield while its operator sits at a console.

byOlena Mukhina

russia deploying knockoffs ukraine's vampire heavy bomber drones — 81st brigade has already shot down five · post russian hexacopter drone resembling filmed over sloviansk axis 2026 dron-bombarduvalnyk-2- forces have

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia is deploying knockoffs of Ukraine’s Vampire heavy bomber drones — and the 81st Brigade has already shot down five

The heavy hexacopters — the type Russian troops themselves nicknamed "Baba Yaga" — have been appearing over the Sloviansk axis for several weeks now, with more expected.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

One radar to rule them all: Ukraine’s CD-T10 spots everything from FPV drones to guided aerial bombs inside a 15 km dome

Already undergoing battlefield testing, the X-band system uses AI to distinguish real threats from birds by analyzing each contact's physical size, speed, and flight path — and feeds targeting data to anti-air crews.

byYuri Zoria

FPV drones

Technology Russia and Ukraine refined on their battlefield just hit Israeli Black Hawk in Lebanon

The arms Ukraine outgrew in two years are now its potential export catalogue

68-year-old man and woman on motorcycle were killed by Russian FPV drone in Kherson this morning

The most dangerous drone unit Russia has just lost its logistics base near Mariupol — Ukraine found it and burned it

“Storm a treeline? Better to just take it apart with a Vampire” — drone battalion commander on how war changed in 2026

Drones Russia thought were unjammable just met US LEONIDAS microwave weapon

Russian tanks and IFVs rarely reach the contact line — Ukraine’s 20 km kill zone stops them cold, spokesman says

ISW: Russians “weaponizing civilian harm as an intentional tool of war” by pervasively employing human safari tactics

Ukraine’s Leopard took 52 hits and kept going. This is armor upgrade that made it possible

Kholodnyi Yar commander: The drone war is won at the contact line, but it is decided in the depth

Ukraine ramps up engineering mines and UAV ammo—Q1 2026 already surpasses 50% of 2025 supply

How FPV drones saved two Ukrainian POWs: isolate, strike, evacuate

Ukraine may award drone-purchase points when Russian soldiers kill themselves under drone pressure

Russia’s spring offensive has stalled at Ukraine’s Fortress Belt — ISW says it won’t break through in 2026

Ukrainian drone pilots get round-the-clock support from another continent. While Kyiv sleeps, Australian experts run night shift

NATO and Ukraine just launched their first joint defense tech competition. €10 million is the prize

Russia launched what may be the start of its spring offensive on 17 March — and lost 900 troops in 36 hours without breaking through anywhere along a 100-kilometer front

Drone interceptor was last year’s innovation. Ukraine has already moved on

Russia is deploying knockoffs of Ukraine’s Vampire heavy bomber drones — and the 81st Brigade has already shot down five

One radar to rule them all: Ukraine’s CD-T10 spots everything from FPV drones to guided aerial bombs inside a 15 km dome

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