One more entry in fast-filling interceptor lineup: Ukraine’s new Talion can kill drone or be drone
Russia scaled its drone campaign. Ukraine scaled its interception industry.
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Poland gets preliminary US approval to produce Russia’s Iskander killers — while Ukraine burns through 60 per month on “starvation ration”
About 600 PAC-3 MSE interceptors leave US factories each year.
Possessing weapons is only one of three essentials in modern war, Zelenskyy tells NATO’s eastern flank at B9 summit
Meanwhile, Russia chose the moment of a NATO summit on its eastern flank to demonstrate it will strike anywhere, anytime, including regions it had previously avoided.
Russia is hitting Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast, bordering Hungary with drones, for first time. Expert says this is linked to end of Orbán’s era
The scale of the May 13 attack may break all previous records. And the timing is not a coincidence.
Ukraine has built world’s most battle-tested defense industry. Berlin plugs in with “Brave Germany”
Germany and Ukraine just signed a joint defense technology program, and Berlin is already funding a third of everything Ukraine has.
Russia sacrificed fuel capacity on its Kh-101 to pack heavier warhead and added incendiary steel balls with zirconium
The original Kh-101 had a 500 kg warhead and 2,500 km range.
Russia attacked Dnipro for more than 20 hours. Five people are dead, up to six may still be under rubble
At least 40 people were injured, including children. Twenty-three required hospitalization.
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.
Germany just committed to hundreds of Patriot missiles for Ukraine
Berlin is also funding long-range strike drones inside Ukraine.
Russia is now using one Shahed to distract — and second to kill crew shooting it down
Russia has found Ukraine's drone hunters.
Russian-Iranian alliance bombs two continents at once. Ukraine says same shield should cover both
Iran arms the drone war in Europe and the Middle East. Ukraine has intercepted 57,000 and is offering the antidote.
Two wars are now drinking from same well. Ukraine fears PAC-3 supply will run dry amid war in Iran
Russia hammers Ukraine with record ballistic strikes while a second war erupts in the Middle East.
Winter didn’t break Ukraine — but spring is no time to let guard down, as Russia prepares more missiles
Ukraine weathered the February storm of 121 Russian ballistic missiles. Zelenskyy says Moscow is already forming spring wave.
Ukraine’s mobile air-defense teams brace for new nightmare—Russia turns Shaheds into drone carriers over Ukraine
On 17 February, a video reportedly from Ukraine's Sumy Oblast confirmed a new tactic on front lines: the Russians…
Britain joins PURL: $205 million for US-made weapons as NATO aims to raise $15 billion for Ukraine in 2026
The UK joins NATO's US weapons funding program for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy publicly criticizes air defense—but problem runs deeper than personnel, says expert
Ukraine lacks radar to track drones in clouds.
“If MiGs are needed — Warsaw is ready immediately”: Polish PM in Kyiv during –20°C energy crisis with $56 million aid package
On 5 February, Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, one of Ukraine's key allies, visited Kyiv. His…
Russia unleashes 521 missiles and drones on Ukraine in 2026’s largest attack, Zircon anti-ship missiles strain defenses
Navy-killer missiles designed to sink American warships now strike Ukrainian cities
Ukraine needs 3,000 intercepts monthly to match Russia’s 100 Shaheds per day. Kyiv launches advanced solution to help
Pauses between attacks? Russia is stockpiling.
Zelenskyy reveals €80mn price tag for single day of air defense as Russia intensifies missile barrages
Interceptors arrived days before latest attack