Some ten robot boats. Five hundred Russian air sorties. One very lopsided hunt
Missions that once took a night now stretch to five days, and Russia keeps its fleet hidden, a naval drone unit commander says.
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Biggest Magura sea drone doesn’t ram ships. It carries other drones and stays out seven days
Unlike Ukraine's one-way strike boats, the V11 stays at sea a week and forward-bases other drones far offshore.
“You wanted our land. You lost your refineries and your fleet.”—Ukraine’s anniversary message to Russia
Zelenskyy added that the country that wanted Ukraine off the map has written itself out of the world's future agenda.
A 141-meter ship mysteriously “disappeared” in the Black Sea near Novorossiysk, while Russian authorities are keeping the incident under wraps
The vessel may have been carrying military cargo, according to the OSINT project Exilenova+.
Sea drones, jet drones, and Neptune missiles hit one Russian port in a single night
Kyiv paired three different weapon types in a coordinated operation its president called unique against the Black Sea Fleet's last big base.
Ukraine just hit its 159th Russian ship in 12 days—and the campaign has no end date
The drone chief promised the "shipfall" would run indefinitely.
Ukraine’s spy service and navy team up to strike two Russian crude tankers in the Black Sea
The "Mamai" naval drones destroyed vessels the SBU calls legitimate targets and working parts of Russia's war machine.
The Azov Sea wasn’t enough—Ukraine’s drones followed Russia’s oil fleet into the Black Sea
Six drone units opened the new phase together, from Magyar's Birds to the Raid regiment that has been burning ships for days.
Ukraine’s Navy just showed the Barracuda sea drone leading a three-drone strike—no crew in the fight
Ukraine's Navy has demonstrated what increasingly looks like the next stage of naval drone warfare: multiple uncrewed platforms carrying out different combat roles within a single coordinated strike, without exposing sailors to enemy fire.
Ukraine sank Russian ship that shot at its sailors in 2018 with Sargan-3000 naval drone
The satellite image confirms the destruction of the Russian border patrol ship Izumrud at the mooring wall.
Ukraine put armed robot on Russian-held ground. Naval drone was landing craft
Ukraine's 123rd Brigade delivered a ground robot to the Russian-held Kinburn Spit aboard an unmanned surface vessel and landed it to fight.
A new 100-kilogram Ukrainian drone boat can wait two days, then strike on command
The Harpun runs on a water-jet engine and switches between three control channels in seconds to beat jamming.
American defense company Red Cat announces serial production of copy of Ukraine’s Magura V7 and says it’s their own development
The US military now wants the same capability. Ukraine built it first.
Lithuania signs full Drone Deal, Latvia receives Ukrainian air defense experts
The agreement covers joint production of long-range strike, naval, interceptor and bomber drones, with technology transfer between Ukrainian and Lithuanian companies. Latvia is hosting Ukrainian air defense specialists under a separate proposed deal.
Russia’s Project 21980 “Grachonok”, equipped with Igla missiles and grenade launchers, just got new defense
They couldn't protect themselves. Now Russia is wrapping them in nets and hoping that's enough.
Sea drones hit Russian shadow fleet tanker as it waited for an at-sea oil rendezvous off Russia’s Black Sea coast
Two kamikaze sea drones hit the empty Cameroon-flagged ship in its engine room and propeller area as it drifted with its AIS turned off on the morning of 29 April, Ukraine's GenStaff reported.
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.
A boat with no crew just shot down a Shahed. Ukraine says it’s a world first
The 412th Nemesis Brigade's unmanned surface platform launched an interceptor drone that downed a Russian long-range kamikaze drone — creating what Ukraine calls a new layer of air defense over the sea.
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet fires at Ukraine once or twice a month and otherwise does nothing — now Moscow is trying to copy the drones that trapped it
A Ukrainian navy spokesman called Russia’s fleet a “black hole” that barely functions, adding Russia is now developing naval drones in response to Ukraine’s dominance.
From the Baltics to the Black Sea: Latvia sends Ukraine a second locally made naval drone
A Latvian-built naval drone, funded by public donations, is headed for Ukraine after being designed for complex combat missions.