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During Ukraine’s surprise offensive into the Kursk region, one striking feature was videos of first-person view (FPV) drones bringing down Russian military helicopters mid-flight. In the 30-month war that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion, attack and surveillance drones are everywhere targeting vehicles, troops and defensive positions. It is no surprise therefore …

Russia has begun including cheap drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a Ukrainian military spy official said. The two new types of drone, which Russia has used in five drone attacks in the last two to …

Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight. Become a member Support us just once Key developments on July 6,7: Ukrainian drones attack ammunition, oil depots in Russia, source says Leaked documents suggest more Russians killed in Ukraine than previously thought Poll: More and more Russians think a …

There’s a new look of the Russian army in Ukraine: Soldiers on motorcycles who race across no-man’s land, counting on speed to evade Ukrainian fire … but not always able to outrun the swarms of drones which hover over the battlefield and can pick off fighters one-by-one. A Ukrainian drone …

Main battle tanks are big, powerful and expensive. Even though tanks appeared during the First World War, they are still the kinds of every battlefield. Russia has infinitely more tanks than Ukraine can gather, but the defenders of Ukraine come up with new creative ways to defeat the Russian armour. …

Lithuanian partners can help Ukraine get rid of its dependence on Chinese-made components in the production of drones and prevent Russia from copying Ukrainian developments of new UAVs. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Lithuania Petro Beshta said this in an interview with Ukrinform. “There is …

A downed drone found in the Kursk region of Russia was equipped with Iran’s newest guided aerial bomb, revealing deepening military ties between Moscow and Tehran. Julian Röpke, a military analyst for the German news outlet Bild, reported that the wreckage of an Iranian Mohajer-6 drone was discovered after an …

UK drones given to Ukraine have been used to take out more than $1.2 billion worth of Russian military gear, according to the UK’s defense secretary, citing Ukrainian figures. “Our Ukrainian partners conservatively estimate that UK drones have destroyed over £1 billion worth of Russian hardware,” Grant Shapps told a …

AI built by Russian infosec firm Kaspersky was used in Russian drones for its war on Ukraine, volunteer intelligence gatherers claim. The OSINT analysts at InformNapalm, which sprung up in the wake of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, made those allegations after poring over 100 GB of data stolen by …

If volunteer intelligence gatherers are correct, the US might have a good reason to impose sanctions on Russian infosec firm Kaspersky, which has been accused of helping Russia design drones used in the Ukrainian war. The findings come from OSINT intelligence seekers at InformNapalm, which sprung up in the wake …