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The first Ukrainian device capable of distinguishing drone types for testing. Source: Serhii

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You can’t jam what you can’t identify: Ukraine just fielded its first portable drone detector

Ukraine has gone the whole war without a portable, mass-produced drone-signature detector, while nearly every Russian soldier carries a Chinese "Bulat".

byOlena Mukhina

Russia's Orion heavy drone. Photo via Telegram/Madyar.

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Russia plans to build 120 Banderol missiles in month. Analyst who found it in 2025 says weapon is “nothing outstanding”

Russia plans to build 120 Banderol cruise missiles a month, but the factory hasn't hit the target, says Ukrainian military adviser Serhii Beskrestnov.

byOlena Mukhina

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AI against AI over Ukraine: Russia’s Shahed now sees its target, and Ukraine’s interceptor sees Shahed

Russia showed a new Geran-4 Seeker Shahed variant with machine-vision AI targeting.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian drones killed a Russian Buk-M3 air defense system. Credit: Lasar's Group

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Russia has found way to jam Starlink and take down Ukraine’s drones

Russia has deployed 10 electronic warfare systems to jam Ukrainian drone control via Starlink. Ukraine has destroyed two.

byOlena Mukhina

The image shows markings on debris from a Russian drone. Source: Serhii Beskrestnov

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Production dates on downed Russian weapons reveal country may be running on zero reserve — with one particularly dangerous exception

Russia stockpiles 180-250 Iskanders, fires other missiles "straight from the factory," Beskrestnov says.

byOlena Mukhina

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After SpaceX cuts off Starlink access, Russia launches first 16 satellites of its own “Rassvet” alternative

Russia's Rassvet system needs 200–250 satellites for stable use.

byOlena Mukhina

Belarusian soldiers. Illustrative photo. Photo: Belarusian Ministry of Defense

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Real risk: Kyiv is detecting Belarus activity that could threaten Ukraine and European countries in future, “Flash” Beskrestnov says

Serhii 'Flash' Beskrestnov doesn't rule out Russia using Belarus as a missile or Shahed launchpad.

byOlena Mukhina

The image shows debris from a modified Russian Geran-2 attack drone with a warhead of an R-60 air-to-air missile mounted on it, containing depleted uranium. Source: The Security Service of Ukraine

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Russia’s drone-air-defense arms race now includes depleted uranium — Ukraine found it in Geran-2 warhead

Depleted uranium is widely used in Russian conventional munitions. The change is mounting it on a drone to kill the helicopters defending against the drones.

byOlena Mukhina

militarnyi russia now using jet-propelled shaheds—geran-3 drones—to step up deadly strikes ukraine jet-powered shahed-238 strike drone known geran-3 2023 iranian media has started shaheds its war says used least eight

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Flash warns air defense crews not to wait for orders, as Russia is now hunting them with real-time-piloted Shaheds

He also warned crews not to fire carelessly and reveal their location.

byOlena Mukhina

Visualization of Shahed drones flying. Russia has been mounting Starlink devices on some of their one-way attack drones. (Image: Incheol, via Roboflow)

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Ukraine needs to build its own high-speed Mesh tech, as China is Russia’s supplier, and Western modems are too expensive

The need is urgent and specific: encrypted, electronic warfare-resistant communication for controlling UAVs at distances of 300–400 km.

byOlena Mukhina

isw russia likely plans exploit european telecom loopholes shahed guidance — already does near poland romania belarus · post right tele2 sim cards recovered downed russian drones telegram/@serhii_flash left kharkiv

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ISW: Russia likely plans to exploit European telecom loopholes for Shahed guidance — as it already does near Poland, Romania, Belarus

Ukraine's MoD adviser said Russia orders SIM cards from T2, a Rostelecom subsidiary, for Shahed drones, which then switch to neighboring countries’ networks when Ukraine blocks them.

byYuri Zoria

Remote-controlled machine gun turret used in a privately developed air defense system in Ukraine. Photo: Serhii Beskrestnov

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Ukraine’s air defense goes private: businesses can now buy point coverage for their own sites

A fragment of a privately developed system is already operational, with demand expected to grow as Russian strikes on infrastructure continue.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Russian fibre-optic drone that reached Kharkiv on 25 February 2026.

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Unjammable Russian fiber-optic drone reaches Kharkiv for first time

Defence Ministry adviser calls it a serious technological challenge.

byBenjamin Murdoch

russian troops crowdfund radios assault numbers drop half after starlink goes dark · post soldier packed terminal 240325200900- npw-musk-starlink-russia ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Russia used Starlink in strike drones that reached Kyiv. SpaceX’s response collapsed entire command systemic

Russian military bloggers are admitting it openly. What happened to Starlink access changed everything.

byOlena MukhinaandbySerhii Omelchenko

Serhii Beskrestnov

You can’t jam what you can’t identify: Ukraine just fielded its first portable drone detector

Russia plans to build 120 Banderol missiles in month. Analyst who found it in 2025 says weapon is “nothing outstanding”

AI against AI over Ukraine: Russia’s Shahed now sees its target, and Ukraine’s interceptor sees Shahed

Russia has found way to jam Starlink and take down Ukraine’s drones

Production dates on downed Russian weapons reveal country may be running on zero reserve — with one particularly dangerous exception

After SpaceX cuts off Starlink access, Russia launches first 16 satellites of its own “Rassvet” alternative

Real risk: Kyiv is detecting Belarus activity that could threaten Ukraine and European countries in future, “Flash” Beskrestnov says

Russia’s drone-air-defense arms race now includes depleted uranium — Ukraine found it in Geran-2 warhead

Flash warns air defense crews not to wait for orders, as Russia is now hunting them with real-time-piloted Shaheds

Ukraine needs to build its own high-speed Mesh tech, as China is Russia’s supplier, and Western modems are too expensive

ISW: Russia likely plans to exploit European telecom loopholes for Shahed guidance — as it already does near Poland, Romania, Belarus

Ukraine’s air defense goes private: businesses can now buy point coverage for their own sites

Unjammable Russian fiber-optic drone reaches Kharkiv for first time

Russia used Starlink in strike drones that reached Kyiv. SpaceX’s response collapsed entire command systemic

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