Three years of bombing Ukraine taught Russia how to break air defenses. Now, it shares lesson with Iran
The tactics Russia used on Ukraine are now targeting US forces in the Gulf.
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Iranian foreign minister won’t deny Russia is feeding Tehran intelligence on American warships
Araghchi described Iran's partnership with Russia as "very good" and ongoing — hours after NBC cited sources saying Moscow has been providing Iran with location data on US forces.
The UAE asked for 5,000 interceptors, Qatar for 2,000 — and the reason every Gulf state is calling Ukraine is the same: Patriot isn’t enough
The obstacle to getting Ukrainian drones in the air quickly isn't production — it's the several months needed to train pilots.
The drone pipeline reverses: Russia now gives intel for Iranian strikes against American troops – Washington Post
A partnership built in Ukraine's skies is now being used against American positions in the Middle East.
US and Qatar want Ukraine’s Shahed killers. Zelenskyy wants Patriot missiles in return
Reuters reveals the three-way US-Qatar-UK pursuit of Ukraine's interceptor drone technology, with government-to-government talks underway and a British-Ukrainian joint factory potentially in line to supply.
Ukraine kept the F-16 missile shortage secret for months — sources say pilots were flying with rotary cannons as Russia ramped up winter strikes
The nearly month-long AIM-9 drought forced dangerous daytime-only sorties.
Russia is flying Shaheds into Ukraine’s FPV kill zone to crack bunkers smaller drones can’t destroy, ISW says
ISW's 4 March assessment identified Russian forces pushing Shahed drones into the 0–20 km frontline strip normally dominated by tactical FPVs, citing their heavier payloads as the reason.
Russia struck two trains within 24 hours — and Ukrzaliznytsia says rolling stock is now a primary target
A Russian drone hit a train in Mykolaiv, while a second drone narrowly missed a passenger locomotive on the Dnipro–Kovel route — part of a campaign averaging six railway strikes per day since the start of March.
Ukraine will help Gulf states shoot down Iran’s Shaheds — if their leaders push Putin toward a ceasefire
The proposal came hours after Shaheds struck Dubai and a US base in Bahrain — the same weapon Ukraine has intercepted over 57,000 times since 2022.
Even countries with better air defenses can’t stop every Shahed – Ukraine knows how, Zelenskyy says
President calls on Europe to expand domestic air defense production as Iranian-designed threats spread.
The numbers behind Ukraine’s worst winter since the full-scale invasion: 19,000 drones, 14,670 bombs, 738 missiles
Zelenskyy says Russia made no attempt to justify deliberate strikes on civilian critical infrastructure.
Russian bombs kill four in one village, rescuers dig for four more in another
Aerial bombs destroyed two homes in Zaporizhzhia district, killing four people including a child among the injured, while in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast up to four people may remain trapped under rubble from a separate strike.
Russian drone kills father and three toddlers in Kharkiv Oblast home
The children's mother, 35 weeks pregnant, survived with blast injuries and burns.
Zelenskyy publicly criticizes air defense—but problem runs deeper than personnel, says expert
Ukraine lacks radar to track drones in clouds.
From Hong Kong to Panama: six countries caught in Ukraine’s new sanctions dragnet over Russian missile parts
Zelenskyy's two decrees target a Russian bank branch in Shanghai, companies in the UAE and Georgia, Kyrgyz citizens, and a Panamanian entity, all allegedly involved in funneling components or cash to Russia's weapons manufacturers.
Ukraine’s nuclear plants have the power — the grid damaged by Russia still can’t carry it
Ukrenergo reported that atomic generation remains partially offloaded because damaged high-voltage substations cannot handle the output, as another 101-drone barrage from five directions hit overnight on 8 February.
Zelenskyy shakes up Air Force units after Russian drones punch through defenses
Defense Minister Fedorov tasked with overseeing counter-drone improvements.
Kindergarten, school, railway’s warming shelter among Russia’s overnight targets as Trump-pushed Abu Dhabi talks enter day two (PHOTOS)
Russian forces launched 183 drones two ballistic, hitting railway infrastructure and energy systems. A female station duty officer in Shostka district was injured walking to her shift.
Over 1,100 Kyiv apartment buildings remain without heat after Russia’s 3 February strike on thermal power plant
Ukrainian officials say the Darnytsia combined heat and power plant suffered severe damage in Russia's overnight attack, with Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba reporting that 63 additional repair crews are now working in the worst-affected districts.
Trump praises Ukraine-Russia talks as “doing very well” as Russian missiles knock out heat to thousands of Ukrainian homes during Arctic-level cold snap
The overnight attack on 3 February was already underway when the US President addressed reporters, with temperatures across Ukraine dropping past -20°C.