Sea drone vs. air drone: Ukraine’s Sargan-3000 turns anti-aircraft gunner
A radio-steered Russian Shahed met a remote-controlled machine gun at sea—operator against operator, and the gun won.
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Ukrainian firm fields 11 crewless boats and eight drones at NATO’s biggest naval drone drill
UFORCE's crews acted as both attacker and defender at the REPMUS 26 drills, where Portugal's president came to inspect one of the company's boats on the dock.
A fresh $42 million, new sanctions, and a seat in the coalition rebuilding Ukraine’s Navy. Australia just signed its long-term security pact with Ukraine
The pact bundles weapons, energy, and humanitarian aid, widens sanctions to nearly 1,900 measures, and brings Canberra's total support to nearly $1.3 billion.
Watch first naval battle in history fought entirely by drones: Ukrainian uncrewed boat spots, fires on, and sinks Russian one in Black Sea
A gun-armed Sargan-3000 spotted and sank a Russian naval drone in the Black Sea.
A Cold War submarine hunter is Ukraine’s newest Shahed killer
Ukraine's tiny interceptor drones need a little help getting into the air. An old naval helicopter is just the thing.
Ukraine sank Russian ship that shot at its sailors in 2018 with Sargan-3000 naval drone
The satellite image confirms the destruction of the Russian border patrol ship Izumrud at the mooring wall.
Russia thought occupied Crimea was its fortress. Ukrainian forces say they’ve been pulling the walls down for years now
The latest piece: a rail bridge near İçki that fed troops across occupied Crimea.
Russia’s sea drones run on smuggled Starlink. Ukraine sank three before they reached shore
The Black Sea drone war now runs both ways
Russian drone kills an Egyptian cook on a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea
The Turkish-owned bulk carrier Victress, bound for a Ukrainian port, caught fire after the overnight strike on 22 June. Another commercial ship sustained minor damage.
Ukraine hit Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia with same weapon that sank Moskva Black Sea Fleet flagship
The refinery supplies fuel and lubricants to the Russian military.
Threat to global food security: Russia hits three foreign-flagged merchant ships in Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor
Vanuatu-flagged vessel evacuated wounded crew. The ANT bulk carrier was hit during transit from Odesa to Turkiye.
Russia just hit commercial vessel of its closest war ally in Ukrainian waters with Shahed drone
Russia has spent months hitting civilian ships across the Black Sea. This one belonged to its closest strategic partner.
“Kinetic sanctions” in action: Two more Russian shadow fleet tankers hit at Novorossiysk — the second naval drone strike in five days
Zelenskyy posted thermal footage of a Ukrainian naval drone catching up with one of the ships from the stern before impact.
Sea drones hit Russian shadow fleet tanker as it waited for an at-sea oil rendezvous off Russia’s Black Sea coast
Two kamikaze sea drones hit the empty Cameroon-flagged ship in its engine room and propeller area as it drifted with its AIS turned off on the morning of 29 April, Ukraine's GenStaff reported.
Ukrainian Navy “Angels” extract Russian-tortured civilian helper from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast
The man hid wounded Ukrainian troops and passed intelligence in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast before being detained, tortured, and sentenced to five years and three months.
Ukraine says it is ready joining multinational mine-clearing operation in Strait of Hormuz
Both Ukrainian vessels carry crews that have already completed training and passed NATO interoperability assessments.
Ukraine’s fifth minesweeper just arrived from Netherlands — named “Henichesk” after ship Russia sank in 2022
The United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Netherlands have all contributed similar ships — "Cherkasy," "Chernihiv," "Mariupol," and "Melitopol" — to Ukraine's growing naval fleet.
The factory that makes Russia’s killer drones burned again overnight — Neptune missile attack conformed
Neptune cruise missiles struck Atlant Aero in Taganrog, where Russia builds the Molniia strike drones it fires at Ukrainian cities; local residents reported powerful explosions before dawn followed by thick black smoke above the plant.
UK, Netherlands, and Belgium just handed Ukraine core of future Black Sea demining fleet
Ukraine's crews already wrote the NATO manual on the Black Sea's demining.
Russia sank the Henichesk in 2022. In June, a ship bearing its name will join Ukraine’s Navy — but cannot sail home yet
The replacement vessel trains in the Netherlands, flies Ukraine's flag in June, and waits in a British port for the war to end and the Black Sea to open.