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  • Private air defence expands as companies train units to counter Shahed drones A pilot project involving the private sector in intercepting enemy aerial targets has already delivered its first results. One company has trained its own air defence unit, which has…
  • Interceptor drone success surges as Ukraine doubles down on counter-UAV operations in March In March, the number of combat sorties flown by interceptor drones and the number of Russian UAVs destroyed rose by almost 55% compared to February. Interceptors destroyed more than…
  • Flamingo missile over Chapaevsk
    Kyrylo Danylchenko aka Ronin
    The defence forces struck directly at the city’s industrial hub, where two defensive giants — PromSintez JSC and Polymer JSC — are situated behind a single high fence. 
  • Russian plans and the mathematics of death
    Kyrylo Danylchenko aka Ronin
    Americans remember the Vietnam War as a national catastrophe, having lost 58,000 over ten years—while the Russians are burning through a fifth of that total in just a week near Donetsk and Kupyansk.
  • March sweep
    Kyrylo Danylchenko aka Ronin
    We punch corridors, blind the enemy’s radar “eyes,” overload their channels, and into the resulting gaps in their rear areas fly cruise missiles and long-range drones carrying 50+ kg warheads.
  • Blindness and paralysis of Russia’s air defence and navy
    Kyrylo Danylchenko aka Ronin
    Russia has effectively ceded the initiative in the Black Sea. They no longer control the situation, even in their own ports.
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  • Middle East in flames: what major US Israel war against Iran means for Ukraine
    Viktor Kevlyuk
    A swift defeat of the Iranian regime and a demonstration of Russia’s inability to aid yet another ally — following the collapse of Bashar Assad and Nicolas Maduro — is in Ukraine’s interest.
  • Ukraine’s air defence and the state of the sky: a forecast for 2026
    Viktor Kevlyuk
    In 2026, the enemy will be able to launch air strikes with two to three hundred UAVs per night, deploy six to nine hundred in massive strikes, and make two to three attempts to overload our air defence with super-attacks throughout the year…
  • Ukraine to acquire 25 Patriot systems from the United States Ukraine is preparing a contract for the purchase of 25 Patriot air defence systems. They will be delivered annually, with varying quantities in different years. The 25 systems are…
  • Britain delivers hundreds of air defense missiles to Ukraine five months ahead of schedule Britain has delivered hundreds of air defence missiles to Ukraine five months ahead of schedule. This was announced by the Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry, Luke Pollard…
  • About Russian drones in Poland
    Kyrylo Danylchenko aka Ronin
    In general, Moscow continues to play the role of Eastern Europe's North Korea, forcing the EU to invest money in defence and the military-industrial complex, while countries neighbouring Russia avoid conflict as much as possible.
  • The anxious winter of 2026
    Viktor Kevlyuk
    Thanks to the efforts of energy and heating companies, Ukraine got through the winter of 2024–2025 without any serious blackouts, but the winter of 2026 will be extremely difficult.
  • Battle for the small sky
    Viktor Kevlyuk
    In the new world of war, where the sky above the tactical zone belongs to drones, victory is determined not only by strength, but also by the skill of those who control the winged hunters. 
  • ​Crimean targets A strategic deep air offensive on Crimea continues — after strikes on the Crimean Bridge, the ferry crossing and the destruction of at least seven trains, the peninsula is suffering from serious disruptions in diesel and petrol supplies.
  • What is known about the Flamingo missile?
    Kyrylo Danylchenko aka Ronin
    The defence forces will intensify their firepower against key targets.
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