Second drone brigade in two months: Ukraine is forming the 446th Unmanned Systems Brigade
It is the second brigade of this level stood up in 2026, following the 445th, and recruitment is already underway, per unofficial sources.
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Russia launches 147 drones overnight, injuring civilians and damaging infrastructure in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk oblasts
114 of them were shot down, but some damaged civilian infrastructure.
If this were real life, they would already be dead: Ukrainian drone pilots force NATO drills on Gotland to stop three times
During the pause, the opposing forces had time to think about how to act better against the enemy.
Ukraine deploys AI-powered turret that can shoot down FPVs. Operator’s only job is to press button to confirm strike
First combat use was recorded by soldiers of the K-2 Brigade. More than ten frontline units are already operating the system across key sectors.
Russian “Karakurt” missile corvette just got hit at its Caspian Sea base — days after another one was struck in Baltic
These are the ships Russia uses to fire at Ukrainian civilian infrastructure from hundreds of kilometers away.
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.
Technology Russia and Ukraine refined on their battlefield just hit Israeli Black Hawk in Lebanon
Fiber-optic drones cannot be jammed by electronic warfare. No signal to block. No frequency to suppress. The wire carries the signal directly from operator to drone.
Drones Russia thought were unjammable just met US LEONIDAS microwave weapon
Fiber-optic UAVs threaten logistics 50 km deep.
Russia’s “medical equipment” holding makes photodiodes for Iskander missiles. Most of it is still outside sanctions
The eighth Rostec holding has been exposed.
Norwegian Kongsberg’s answer to mass Russia’s Shahed attacks: mast, camera, and 70 mm rocket
Norway just mounted a drone killer on Ukraine's own armored vehicle.
Russia is now using one Shahed to distract — and second to kill crew shooting it down
Russia has found Ukraine's drone hunters.
Ukraine proposes Norway access to its drone war secrets
Ukraine is arriving at Ramstein not only with a list of needs but with a portfolio of battle-proven capability that its partners want access to.
Fire engulfs Russia’s strategic rear: Ukraine hit fuel, ammo, and drone command all in one night
Frontline coordination degraded, as the strike deepens disruption of Russian logistics.
Ukraine’s interceptor drones just set record, as industry has crossed threshold
Ukraine is paying drone companies per Shahed they Shoot Down — and it's working.
Ukraine may be using new weapon that disables infrastructure without explosions
In Iraq in 1990-1991, this technology was used by coalition forces and destroyed up to 85% of the country's energy system.
West has luxury of studying how modern warfare works. No American drone manufacturer can match what Kyiv built under fire
The Pentagon just concluded no American manufacturer can match what Ukraine learned the hard way.
BREAKING: Russia attacks Ukrainian regions bordering Poland and Hungary with nearly 650 drones
One week after killing a father and daughter outside a maternity hospital, Russia is striking western Ukraine again — up to NATO's border.
Ukraine is developing STRILA-2 with solid-fuel rocket booster based on German Jäger tech
Germany funded 15,000 STRILAs. Now it is investing in STRILA-2 with a rocket booster, AI guidance.
Ukraine’s interceptor drones set record. Last year, this number would have meant catastrophe
During the 24 March attack, Ukrainian forces destroyed more than 94% of 999 incoming drones.
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.