Ukraine will receive “long arm” against Russian aircraft battering front positions with glide bombs
Ukraine's first Gripens will come with Meteor missiles to push back Russian glide-bomb aircraft.
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Ukrainian pilots have started training on Swedish Gripens — jets that may carry long-range Meteor missile
Sweden will transfer 16 Gripen C/D jets as aid and let Ukraine buy up to 20 newer Gripen E/F with €2.5 billion in EU loans.
British-French Storm Shadow missiles took out a Russian command-and-control post on 25 May, per Ukraine
Russia announced a local missile alert in Luhansk around 16:30 on Monday. Ukraine's General Staff disclosed neither the exact target site nor the damage.
Russia’s fourth “Oreshnik” on Ukraine may have struck its own troops in occupied Donetsk Oblast — while first hit Kyiv Oblast
The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed one Oreshnik impact on Ukrainian territory, the strike on Bila Tserkva.
Ukraine clears private firms to down Russian drones—24 already in
A Defense Ministry project lets businesses defend their plants from drones with trained staff or licensed security firms, RFE/RL reported.
Ukrainian cadets complete RAF flight training in UK — now moving to jet aircraft instruction
The graduation was marked by the presence of RAF Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth and Air Vice-Marshal Shorrocks, Commander of No. 22 Group.
Take off in formation, fly low, navigate by terrain—Ukraine’s F-16 trainees finished a UK course Russia helped design
RAF instructors said the trainees' aircraft handling was solid from the first 10 sorties, with the months-long course shaped by jamming realities on the front line.
Ukraine’s Air Force fundamentally changes how it tracks Russian Shaheds
The old model effectively allowed drones to disappear from statistics if they crossed a region.
Ukraine’s Patriot systems are on a “starvation ration,” Air Force spox says
Russia fired more than 700 missiles at Ukraine this past winter, much of it ballistic, Air Force spokesman Ihnat said.
Ukraine doubled all of 2025’s interceptor drones in just four months, minister says
Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said the Defense Procurement Agency scaled deliveries through three parallel channels, including a weapons marketplace.
Ukraine’s private-sector air defense groups downed their first jet Shahed — Russia’s drone that flies at 300+ km/h
A private group in Kharkiv Oblast made the interception, a minister reported. The network has grown from 13 to 19 enterprises it operates at since March, integrated into Air Force command.
Ukraine’s Patriot crews are rationing missiles mid-attack — Ukraine’s Air Force confirms interceptor missile shortage
An AF spokesman confirmed that the stocks of Patriot interceptors — the only solution against Russian ballistic missiles — are critically depleted.
Russian air defenses are collapsing. Now Ukrainian warplanes can hit harder.
It's no surprise the Ukrainian air force targeted a Russian drone storage site in Donetsk recently. It's how the air force hit the site that's surprising. And bad news for Russia.
Ukraine’s MiG-29s may fly until 2030. Their pilots’ oxygen masks may not last that long.
The Ukriainian unofficial air force-linked channel warned that life-support equipment — helmets, oxygen masks, and communication systems — is expiring faster than the MiG-29 aircraft it supports.
Ukraine’s Mirage 2000 fighters finally go on the offensive
Ukraine's speedy ex-French fighters have been on the defensive for an entire year. That may be changing. But are there enough bombs?
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.
Zelenskyy shakes up Air Force units after Russian drones punch through defenses
Defense Minister Fedorov tasked with overseeing counter-drone improvements.
171 drones, 1 ballistic missile, 4 injured: Russia’s overnight assault leaves Cherkasy counting damage
The 14 drones that slipped through air defense, along with a ballistic missile from Crimea, struck eight locations in the oblast, igniting fires visible across the regional capital.
Russia just blew up a fake F-16. The drone flew 200km to do it.
A Rubicon drone flew 200km for this. Ukraine's decoy fleet is just getting started.