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Aug 2 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
BBC: Russia now uses jet engines in Shahed drones.

Now these drones are like small [and multiple] cruise missiles

The new Shahed is significantly faster, reaching speeds over 500 km/h

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Drones’ high speed and maneuverability make them hard to detect and intercept.

They resemble cruise missiles and require advanced air defense systems.

The drones can fly up to 2500 km.

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Intercepting these drones requires costly radar-guided systems, with shells over €1,000 each.

Not mass-deployed, they complicate Ukraine's defense.

Experts see them as Russia adapting Iranian tech to counter Ukraine’s air defense.

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Source: bbc.com/ukrainian/arti…

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Aug 3
Russia’s war economy runs on debt, not prosperity

Putin claims incomes rose 8.4% and poverty fell to 8.1% in Q1 2025

But 38% Russians have no savings, 24% would last only 1-2 months

1 in 3 can’t afford medicine. Billionaires jumped from 100 to 146 in a year, Moscow Times 1/ Image
Average wage: 97,000 rubles ($1,240). Russians spend 30% on food, same as 20 years ago. In the U.S., it’s under 7%. In Serbia, average take-home pay is higher. 2/
Inequality spikes. Incomes only reached 2013 levels by 2023. But billionaire count jumped from 100 to 146 in just one year. 3/
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Aug 3
Ukrainian women redefine warfare.

All-female drone crews “liquidate Russians,” while a female artillery officer dreams of becoming defense minister, The Economist.

From banned combat roles in 2018 to 100k volunteers today, tech makes women deadly precision pilots. 1/ Image
Women now make up 10% of Ukraine’s military – 100,000 total with 5,500 volunteering on the front lines.

Though their share dropped from 15% pre-2022, the absolute number has more than doubled since Russia’s invasion. 2/
Ex-heptathlete Sgt. Shukh was rejected by the elite Azov Brigade for being a woman but joined the more inclusive Khartiia unit.

She says she's “stronger than most male soldiers” thanks to her professional athletic training. 3/
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Aug 3
Wounded Ukrainian soldier "Tanker" escaped Russian encirclement on an e-bike dropped by drone after 5 days alone behind enemy lines, The Telegraph.

Rescue team had to calculate the right time of day and weather conditions to make it. 1/
His 3 comrades were killed when Russians attacked with gas and fire, leaving him alone.

Rescue was impossible – he had to walk 1.5 km with a leg injury while surrounded on all sides by Russian forces. 2/
2 drone drops failed – one was shot down, another malfunctioned. The 3rd successfully delivered a 40kg electric bike that enabled his escape. 3/
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Aug 3
Ukraine built a drone wall, a layered UAV defense over 1,000 km of front line.

This is Europe’s first tech-based frontline defense. It stopped Russia’s big push in 2024, writes Atlantic Council. 1/ Image
Drones now cause 70% of battlefield casualties. IISS says Russia lost 1,400 tanks and 3,700 armored vehicles in 2024 alone, due in part to drone attrition. 2/
Russia switched tactics. It uses motorcycles and buggies instead of armored columns to avoid detection.

It also deploys fiber-optic drones immune to jamming, low-tech, but hard to stop. 3/
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Aug 3
Ukraine’s new drones strike Russian targets 30–50 km out — beyond the reach of FPVs, artillery, or HIMARS.

Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian developers test mothership drones dropping quadcopters, fiber-guided systems with 40 km spools, and MAX 15 — a heavy drone with 50 km range. 1/ Image
For 18 months, Ukrainian FPV drones cleared a 20 km no-man’s land along the front.

Russian forces moved logistics hubs beyond that range. Ukrainian engineers now design drones to reach 30–50 km to strike those new targets. 2/
Ukrainian firm WarBirds modified its Puhach drone to drop quadcopters 37 km out and act as a signal repeater.

Vyriy, a top FPV maker, unveiled MAX 15 — a heavy quadcopter that delivers a warhead to 50 km, depending on load and battery. 3/
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Aug 2
Nina Holubieva (37) cleaned blood and carried bodies after Russian strikes in a Ukrainian frontline town, earning $158/month.

Her husband beat her. Pregnant, she fled to a shelter and gave birth in a basement — NYT.

But the shelter isn’t safe — Russia strikes nearby daily. 1/ Image
Nina lived in Bilopillia, 10 km from the Russian border. Blasts blew out her windows in winter.

She patched them with plastic. In spring, another explosion tore that down. She and her 9-year-old son slept in coats. 2/
She didn’t want to leave. “Bilopillia is all I know,” she said. But she was pregnant and abused, and her son was terrified of shelling.

They fled. Three weeks later, she gave birth in a bomb shelter turned maternity ward. 3/
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