Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief has been picking technical chiefs. Adviser who knows them says he is putting most competent people
Serhii Beskrestnov says he knows most of the army's technical specialists and rates the new appointments.
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Russia’s attack drones now jam the cheap interceptors sent to kill them
The jammer reads the interceptor's own video frequency, then floods it—blinding the operator who steers the drone.
A jet-powered BM-35 can now hit 350 km/h. Russia says that’s specifically to outrun Ukraine’s interceptors
Russia has begun fitting jet engines to another attack drone, the BM-35, to outrun Ukraine's interceptors, following the same shift it made with Shaheds, adviser Serhii Beskrestnov says.
Why can’t Ukraine just blow up Russian launchers firing ballistic missiles at its cities?
Russia's Iskander launchers hide on forest roads, deploy and flee in minutes, making them extremely hard to catch, presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov says.
For under $120, Russia can get Ukrainian warehouse bombed. Here’s how it finds its targets
Russia can launch around 100 ballistic missiles at Ukraine each month.
West of Ukraine is still out of reach of Russia’s guided drones for reason. What is one thing that would close this gap?
Russia cannot yet steer guided Shaheds against Lviv and Volyn because its control network is out of range, but relays in Belarus would extend the threat west, Serhii Beskrestnov says.
For first time, Russia merged two separate drone types onto one Mesh network. Ukraine already has answer
Russia has linked its Molniya drones to Gerbera relay drones over a MESH network for the first time, previously incompatible, the presidential adviser said.
“Small service can cost life imprisonment”: Ukraine warns against Russian Shahed-recording scheme
Russia is recruiting Ukrainian traitors through social media to record FM signals broadcast by Shahed drones.
When you can’t get swarm through, you send one drone low and hand-flown. That’s Russia’s newest Shahed tactic
Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says Russia is shifting from mass Shahed attacks to single, complex, manually-controlled strikes.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.