Russia’s new jet-powered Geran-4 just met Ukraine’s STING interceptor: Who won?
What makes this significant: the Geran-4 is not a standard propeller drone. It uses a turbojet engine.
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90% of Russian passenger traffic still flies on Boeing and Airbus, while Russia promotes its MS-21 as “Boeing killer”
Before sanctions, the MS-21 showed genuine promise — powered by American engines and built with imported composites.
Ukraine’s new firms boom where missiles can’t reach
Year four of war, and Ukrainian business formation is accelerating—in sectors and cities the war can’t physically touch.
German, Japanese, and Swiss machines are inside Russia’s missile factories. None are sanctioned
Russia builds Iskander missile components on German lathes and Swiss machining centers.
Ukraine signs defense pact with Saudi Arabia after its experts spent week finding holes in region’s air defenses
Ukraine offers combat-tested expertise in countering Iranian-designed drones, developed over four years and 58,000 intercepted drone attacks.
Ukraine sent air defense experts to Saudi Arabia. They delivered results in a week
Ukraine has four years of real combat experience intercepting over 57,000 Iranian-designed drones.
Russia’s ballistic missiles now change trajectory mid-flight. Europe needs 400% increase in air defense or face defeat
Russia reduced the effectiveness of Ukraine's Patriot interceptors and requiring more than one missile per intercept.
Ukrainian drone pilots get round-the-clock support from another continent. While Kyiv sleeps, Australian experts run night shift
Australian experts work Kyiv time to aid pilots and test equipment.
Bombs fall on Russia’s Leningrad Oblast for first time since WWII. Ukrainian military says they could be launched not from jet but A-22 civilian ultralight
These systems can strike targets up to 1,600 km away.
Ukraine’s Litavr just intercepted Shahed in way nobody had before and set world’s record
Litavr hit a Shahed from 60 km away.
Russia’s $400,000 SKAT drone is so rare that fewer than 20 have ever been destroyed. Ukraine just downed another one
Ukraine also destroyed the Klin, a newly developed UAV equipped with cutting-edge Li-AFB battery.
Ukraine says it’s grateful for Russia’s last attack. Moscow dropped empty drones for state TV — but Kyiv will use them differently
Russia fired Lancets on Kyiv's Maidan for its propaganda.
Kyiv ratifies century-long pact with UK, while security guarantees hang in balance
The majority of Ukrainian deputies vote for the historic agreement between the two states.
Russia once again finds way to evade Ukraine’s smartest defenses against its deadliest drones
Russia has adapted again, forcing defenders into a new phase of drone warfare.
Expert: Ukraine only in first episode of war of drones
Ukraine must innovate its drones against drones tactics to stay ahead in the rapidly changing war.
German company arms Putin’s war machine while Europe sleeps
Officially out of Russia. Secretly still inside.
Financial Times: Turkey blocks US military technology exports to Russia under pressure
Turkish customs authorities have blocked over 40 categories of military-related goods from being exported to Russia through system modifications, according to sources.
Thermite-equipped FPV drone sets ablaze Russian positions in Ukraine (video)
A Ukrainian unit deployed a drone equipped with a thermite incendiary to set ablaze a Russian-controlled tree line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Thermite's high combustion temperature allows it to ignite both vegetation and enemy positions effectively.
Ukraine turns Tesla and Toyota eco-cars into DIY hydrogen bomb drone
Ukrainian troops successfully deployed a Tesla-powered ground drone carrying a Toyota Mirai hydrogen tank bomb against Russian-occupied positions, an operation that may soon feature in military textbooks.
UK to build surveillance complex to monitor China and Russia space threats
The facility, located at Cawdor Barracks in Pembrokeshire, will support the UK's efforts to monitor and protect its space assets as part of a collaborative Aukus defense project with the US and Australia.