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The enemy attacked Ukraine with 25 cruise missiles at night. This was reported by the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the first wave of the attack, at about 22:00 on May 8, the occupiers launched 8 Kalibr from carriers in the Black Sea. The missiles were sent to […]
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed the destruction of the Russian hypersonic missile “Kinzhal”. This was announced by the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk. “I congratulate the Ukrainian people on a historic event! Yes, we have shot down the “unparalleled” Kinzhal!” Oleshchuk wrote. According to Oleshchuk, during […]
On the night of May 4, Ukrainian air defense for the first time shot down a Russian X-47 Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Ukraine’s Armed Forces successfully intercepted a Russian X-47 Kinzhal hypersonic missile for the first time at 02:40 a.m. on May 4 in the sky over Kyiv. The Kyiv City Military Administration officially reported the […]
On May 4, an Israeli early warning system for a missile attack was launched in Kyiv. The Jerusalem Post reported this with reference to Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk. The system identifies missiles of all types and shows possible trajectories of their fall. In this way, it can reduce the area in which residents […]
Israeli engineers propose to install the Naval Iron Beam laser system on warships. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems presented its new laser air defense system for Naval Iron Beam ships at IMDEX 2023 in Singapore, Shephardmedia reports. This is a naval version of the ground-based Iron Beam system, which is successfully used by Israel to intercept […]
Ukrainian artillery destroyed a rare Russian TOR-M2DT air defense system for the first time in the entire history of the platform’s service, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. Ukrainian gunners fired at the TOR-M2DT after the drone scouted the location of the complex. The Arctic TOR-M2DT air defense system became the star of russian […]
At the beginning of the week, a coalition of four initiatives supporting Ukraine in Lithuania announced a fundraiser for the purchase of air defense radars for the Armed Forces. The goal was to collect 5 million euros. As a result, the plan was even exceeded. Residents of Lithuania were able to collect more than 6 […]
France and Italy will supply SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine. Back in October, Ukraine asked the West for medium- and long-range air defense systems, but only at the end of January the Italian press wrote that after a call from Washington, France and Italy sat down to settle the technical details of the supply […]
Sébastien Lecornu, who holds the position of head of the French Ministry of Defense, promised to purchase GM 200 radars for the Armed Forces. According to the minister, in 2022 he received a request for the supply of Ground Master 200 from his colleague Oleksiy Reznikov. The GM 200 radars are manufactured by the defense […]
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu said that he is studying the possibility of providing Ukraine with military aid and the transfer of the Iron Dome air defense system Netanyahu said this in an interview with CNN. According to the Prime Minister of Israel, he is considering the possibility of providing military aid to Ukraine. […]