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Russia
New Threat to Ukrainian Aviation: Russian Shahed Armed With MANPADS
Ukraine says it has intercepted a Shahed drone equipped with a MANPADS for the first time, warning the modification poses a new threat to Ukrainian aircraft amid evolving drone warfare.
Jan. 5, 2026
Ukraine
ANALYSIS: Ukraine’s Grand Strategy Takes Center Stage
Ukraine has been implementing a long-term, well-planned grand strategy they should have been allowed to pursue all along, thus winning the war NATO hoped it would never have to fight.
Dec. 22, 2025
Russia
Russia Opens ‘Terrorism’ Case Against Ukraine’s Top Drone Commander
Moscow says Major Robert Brovdi conspired to murder a “neutral” Russian war reporter. Brovdi’s drone troops are the most lethal branch of the Ukrainian military, by a significant margin.
Dec. 8, 2025
Russia
Ukraine Reportedly Uses Home-Built Sting Drones to Down Shaheds for First Time
Russia launched over 5,000 Shahed-type drones at Ukraine in November alone, including the Russian-made Geran-3 analogue to Tehran’s version.
Dec. 1, 2025
Ukraine
OPINION: Brick by Brick, Dull As Drones, Ugly Americans in Kyiv
Stefan Korshak, Kyiv Post’s military correspondent, shares his perspective on recent developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Nov. 25, 2025
War in Ukraine
Kyiv Post Visits Secret Factory Manufacturing New, High-Capacity Drone Batteries
On Ukraine’s 21st-century battlefields, victory and defeat are decided by drones. Which need batteries. Lots, and lots of batteries. And the longer the life the battery, the more effective the drone.
Nov. 23, 2025
Ukraine
How Ukraine’s Naval and Drone Strikes Disrupted Russia’s Black Sea Oil Exports
Ukraine strikes Russia’s Tuapse oil terminal and Rostov rail lines with drones and missiles, hitting energy and transport infrastructure deep inside Russian territory.
Nov. 19, 2025
Drones
‘Finally Pecked at Lair’ – Ukraine Destroys Russian Orion Drone Base in Occupied Crimea
Ukraine’s “Madyar’s Birds” struck a Russian Orion drone base in occupied Crimea, targeting Moscow’s high-end strike UAVs built with foreign technology.
Nov. 13, 2025
Putin
Russia Launches New Drone Warfare Branch to Boost Unmanned Forces
Moscow has officially formed a new branch of its armed forces, the Unmanned Systems Forces, following Putin’s order to make drone warfare fully operational by late 2025.
Nov. 12, 2025
War in Ukraine
Ukrainian Robot Boats Hit Russian Black Sea Oil Terminal
It was a follow-up strike to a damaging attack hitting Tuapse 10 days ago. There are unconfirmed reports Ukraine also launched its big Flamingo cruise missile at the port.
Nov. 10, 2025
Drones
Ukrainian Forces Wipe Out Russian Shahed Launch Hub in Occupied Donetsk
Ukraine’s Defense Forces destroyed a Shahed drone base at the occupied Donetsk airport after months of reconnaissance, causing multiple explosions and secondary detonations.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2025
Drones
Ukraine’s $500 FPV Drone Takes Down Russia’s $10M-Plus Helicopter
Ukraine’s drone pilots destroyed a $10M Russian Mi-8 helicopter using a small $500 FPV drone.
Sept. 29, 2025
Russia
Ukraine Strikes at Heart of Russia’s Oil Exports: Refineries and Urals Hub Ablaze
Ukrainian drones struck two major Russian refineries and a Urals oil hub, causing fires. The facilities supply fuel and lubricants to the Russian Armed Forces.
Sept. 20, 2025
Russia
Ukraine’s Drones Wipe Out $90M in Russian Air Defenses
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed two Tor-M2s, a Buk-M3, and a Buk-M2 radar in August, inflicting $80–90M in losses on Russia’s air defenses.
Sept. 18, 2025
Russia
‘Flown Enough, Mother F****r’ – Ukraine Shoots Down $5M Russian Orion Drone
Ukraine’s “Birds of the Madyar” unmanned aerial systems unit shot down a Russian Orion reconnaissance and strike drone valued at over $5M.
Sept. 16, 2025
Ukraine
Ukraine Ignites Blaze at Leningrad’s Biggest Oil Plant in Drone Attack
Overnight on Sept. 13-14, Ukrainian Special Ops and Drone Forces executed an attack on one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, starting fires in the Leningrad Oblast.
Sept. 14, 2025