Ukraine is preparing military contracts with guaranteed demobilization rights and combat pay up to $9,100 per month
For soldiers mobilized since 2022 with no legal pathway home, this is the most significant potential reform of the war.
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Russia sacrificed fuel capacity on its Kh-101 to pack heavier warhead and added incendiary steel balls with zirconium
The original Kh-101 had a 500 kg warhead and 2,500 km range.
Ukraine’s air defense intercepted nearly 6,000 Russian aerial targets in April — at 90% effectiveness rate
Some 5,861 were destroyed before reaching their targets.
What is inside Ukraine’s new defense AI hub that will predict Russian moves?
Ukraine plans to turn battlefield data into AI that Predicts Russian Moves
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."
Ukraine’s interceptor drones set record. Last year, this number would have meant catastrophe
During the 24 March attack, Ukrainian forces destroyed more than 94% of 999 incoming drones.
Ukraine’s half-month air defense blitz: 27 Russian anti-air assets destroyed, including S-400s, Pantsirs, radars, and EW stations
Ukraine's MoD detailed 20-plus confirmed strikes on Russian air defense infrastructure between 1 and 15 March — from front-line oblasts to occupied Crimea and a radar node at Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai.
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.
Ukraine names 14 individuals behind Russia’s museum looting — including theft of Potemkin’s remains from Kherson cathedral
The stolen paintings appeared in a Moscow exhibition called "Always New Kakhovka."
Ukraine reveals its foremost military needs for 2026 to French delegation in Kyiv
Ukraine also gave its representatives intelligence on Russia's 2026 plans.
Ukraine to boost drone warfare with fiber-optic tech and expanded Drone Line, Umerov says
At a top-level military meeting, officials agreed to scale up drone production and funding, focusing on longer-range and more precise attacks, according to the security secretary.
Ukrainian sappers to train at Middle East mine action school with funding from Paris
With nearly 40% of its territory potentially contaminated, Ukraine deepens cooperation with France and Lebanon to dismantle hidden killers of war.
Ukraine rolls out domestic RPG-7 simulators to train soldiers for tank-killing precision
Troops now train with realistic laser-guided systems that mimic combat against armored targets.
Ukrainian defense ministry acquires first locally-made military trucks under state guarantees
More than 50% of the production of these trucks is localized in Ukraine.
Turmoil at Ukraine’s defense ministry as procurement chief resists ouster
She saved Ukraine billions on bullets. But now Maryna Bezrukova may lose her job for refusing to "play politics" with the war effort.
Ukraine’s defense ministry under fire for “management chaos” a year after leadership change
Despite initial optimism, Ukraine's defense sector under Minister Rustem Umerov grapples with procurement inefficiencies, international cooperation failures, and a lack of strategic planning, according to a critical report by civil society leaders.
Ukrainian military rolls out first-ever female-specific uniforms
Ukraine's military has introduced its first-ever combat uniforms made for the tens of thousands of women providing active service as troops expand inclusivity.
Ukraine’s Minister of Defense has conducted unannounced audits, reported on violations to clean up the system
Rustem Umerov said his team detected "numerous violations" and reported on the first contracts, which were terminated and money returned to the state.
Ukrainian MoD contractor nabbed amid $ 1.2 bn fraud probe as minister vows to clean house
Ihor Hrynkevych's attempt to give a $500k bribe amid an ongoing probe of corruption at Ukraine's Defense Ministry backfired badly as minister Rustem Umerov announces he will "clear the system"
Five Ukrainian war startups taking on Russia’s brute force
From AI spying systems to ground drones, Ukraine is revealing the power of grassroots innovation against Russia's top-down military behemoth, with agile defense tech startups tailored to the war's realities.