Kiev’s Western backers want to ramp up production of long-range drones to prop up Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry has said, warning the move is bound to drag the European nations conserned into a direct conflict with Moscow. The ministry said a network of facilities producing drones and their components …
Read More »Elite Russian drone unit destroys Ukrainian hardware (VIDEO)
The Russian Defense Ministry has published a fresh compilation of successful FPV drone strikes on Ukrainian forces by operators from the elite UAV unit Rubicon. The targets included a US-made Humvee armored vehicle, Ukrainian drones, ground-based robotic systems, communications and electronic warfare devices, a dugout, and a temporary deployment point …
Read More »Belgium sets up anti-drone squad – then forgets to use it
Despite having its own specialized anti-drone police unit, Belgium did not deploy it during any of the recent AUV incidents, Nieuwsblad reported on Monday. Instead, Brussels asked fellow NATO members for help in countering what it calls a “hybrid threat.” The unit, created four years ago and known as C-UAS, …
Read More »Russia conducts heavy missile and drone strike on Ukrainian military airfield – MOD
The Russian military struck a military airfield and energy infrastructure in Ukraine in an overnight attack involving missiles and kamikaze drones, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said that the attack, which was carried out with high-precision air-, land-, and sea-based weapons, …
Read More »Russian drone blows up Ukrainian dugout – MOD (VIDEO)
Russian kamikaze ground drones have destroyed several Ukrainian fortifications in Donbass, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, releasing footage of the attacks. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said Krot (‘Mole’) robotic systems had destroyed several Ukrainian positions near the settlement of Yampol in the Donetsk People’s Republic. …
Read More »Ukraine attempted drone strike on Russian gas supply to NATO states – Moscow
Ukraine has launched an unsuccessful drone attack on Russian energy infrastructure which delivers natural gas to Türkiye , the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Monday. The attempted sabotage took place on Saturday and involved nine kamikaze drones, which Ukrainian forces launched at the Russkaya gas compressor station near the …
Read More »Putin vows retaliation for Ukrainian drone strike
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the organizers of Saturday’s drone attack on the city of Kazan will face a harsh retaliatory response. “Whoever and no matter how hard they try to destroy something [in Russia], they will face many times greater destruction in their own country for it …
Read More »Kursk encirclement, Donbass push and drone warfare: The past week in the Ukraine conflict
The past week in the Ukraine conflict has seen intensive fighting along the front line, with active combat continuing in the border areas of Russia’s Kursk Region, as well as in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), where Moscow has reported making new gains. The Russian military announced that it had secured two …
Read More »WATCH Russian drone strike US-made Abrams tank
A video documenting the destruction of a NATO-supplied tank in Ukrainian service appeared on Russian social media on Tuesday. Initially identified as a German-made Leopard, the tank was later established to have been a US-made Abrams. Only 31 Abrams tanks of the M1A1 type were sent to Ukraine, arriving late …
Read More »Russian defense chief inspects new anti-drone weaponry (VIDEO)
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has met with top military officials to discuss the battlefield situation in the Ukraine conflict, placing special emphasis on weapons production. The Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Shoigu heard military reports at the headquarters of the United Group of Forces in an undisclosed location. …
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