Satellite imagery serves as crucial evidence in Ukrainian war crimes investigations, with companies like Planet Labs providing images that help prosecutors establish attack timelines.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry and ICEYE have signed cooperation memorandum, strengthening Ukraine's space defense and satellite imaging capabilities. The agreement ensures responsible use of imagery over Ukrainian territory and provides SAR expertise to support defense activities.
OSINT agency Molfar uncovered new evidence that satellite images are being used for preliminary surveillance of targets and adjusting subsequent strikes by Russia against Ukraine, as well as possible cooperation between Russia and satellite imagery providers.
The proliferation of open-source data online is creating new challenges for militaries trying to conceal their assets, as researchers use public satellites to pinpoint the radar signatures of Russian S-300 air defense batteries.
Newly released satellite imagery reveals damage to a reported Russian repair base at a machine-building plant in occupied Luhansk, where Ukraine's Air Force claimed a Russian command center was hit.
A Ukrainian military source claims Russia's long-range missile strikes are guided using satellite imagery from US companies, with patterns of pre-strike and post-strike satellite tasking coinciding with actual attacks, suggesting a strategic use of commercial satellite imagery in warfare.