A 25-year-old Ukrainian drone commander watches 4 Russian soldiers ride into her crosshairs — then erases them with a machine the size of a crow.
“I’m fighting two wars. One against the Russians. And one inside myself,” — FT. 1/
Call sign “Multik.” Real name Yana Zalevska.
From a bunker near Huliaipole, she pilots fibre-optic drones with ~30 km range, carrying explosives strong enough to destroy armored vehicles or dugouts in a single strike. 2/
The strike is silent where she sits.
A white flash cuts the feed. A second drone confirms impact: fireball, smoke, debris. She removes the goggles and says one word — “Minus.” No celebration. 4 lives gone. 3/
Blumenthal: In Ukraine, I've gone to drone manufacturing facilities. They're producing 1,000 drones a day. They get real time information from the battlefield and make adjustments as they are manufacturing. I don't know anything in our industrial base that is as agile. 1/
Blumenthal: Ukraine is holding the line against Vladimir Putin, who will keep going against Moldova and NATO allies. We have an obligation under Article 5 to come to their defense, just as they did after 9/11. China is watching what we're doing in Ukraine. 2X
The first private Anti-air company in the world works in Ukraine.
Operators in Carmin Sky use joysticks to control automatic turrets. Sky Sentinel turrets, equipped with Browning machine guns are used. They locate target automatically and wait for permission to fire — DW. 1/
Ruslan, communications specialist at Carmine Sky: Our main target is Shaheds. Yesterday we intercepted a jet-powered Shahed.
Everything that enters the turret's range will not fly. The company has provided sky protection services since January 2026.
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Ruslan, communications specialist at Carmine Sky: The private sector is much more efficient than the state machine. The chain is very long there, processes take time.
With us everything happens fast. Demand will only grow — we protect the sky and save people money.
Russia now calls Leningrad Oblast a “front-line region” after Ukrainian strikes reached ~1,000 km from the border.
Governor Drozdenko says oil terminals and ports became primary targets, hitting core infrastructure behind the front, The Kyiv Independent. 1/
Ust-Luga and Primorsk — Russia’s main Baltic oil ports — handle 60M tons annually and generate major budget revenues, now struck since March 22. 2/
Ukraine's long-range strikes hit fuel tanks, piers, and tankers far from the battlefield. 343 drones were intercepted in the region in just the first 3 months of 2026. 3/
AI will soon decide who dies on the battlefield. In 2002 the US MQ-1 Predator drone carried out one of the first targeted strikes in Afghanistan. In 2026 Ukrainian ground robots capture Russian soldiers without a single human soldier present — Al Jazeera. 1/
In January Ukrainian defense company DevDroid released footage of three Russian soldiers surrendering to a ground robot armed with a machinegun. In April Zelenskyy confirmed: for the first time in the war, a position was captured exclusively by unmanned platforms. 2/
Ground robotic systems conducted over 22,000 missions on the front in three months. Some brigades report that up to 70% of front-line supplies are now delivered by robots. These machines transport ammunition, food and medical supplies and evacuate wounded troops. 3/