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At the NATO summit in Vilnius, U.S. officials wanted to withdraw Ukraine’s invitation to join the alliance. This was reported by The Washington Post, citing six people familiar with the matter. According to the sources, Washington’s dissatisfaction was caused by Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Twitter post, in which he criticized the vague wording of the summit’s final […]
The Danish Ministry of Defense has provided Ukraine with six mine-searching drones as part of a military aid package. Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov posted a video of the drones at work. “These drones are used for non-technical inspection of territories, including water bodies, for the presence of explosive devices. This is the latest innovative approach […]
This week, Russia launched several massive strikes in Ukraine using kamikaze drones. Air defense was able to repel most threats. On July 10 and 11, the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 26 Iranian-made Shahed-131/136 kamikaze drones and three Russian Lancet barrage munitions. They also managed to shoot down one helicopter (type not identified) and five […]
The addition of a laser illuminator to the IRIS-T SLM looks extremely mysterious, because the standard version of this SAM simply cannot use it for any tasks The German government has officially announced that it has provided another package of arms assistance to Ukraine, which includes an additional six Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft systems, ammunition of […]
A Russian APC-80 with UMZ first hit a mine and then received an accurate “hit” from a UAV The Ukrainian military destroyed a rather rare vehicle of the Russian occupation forces – a modified Russian BTR-80 armored personnel carrier equipped with a UMZ (Universal Mine Barrier) launcher was in the sights of our defenders. A […]
The Bulgarian government may provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a new military aid package. What is known This was stated by Ivailo Mirchev, a deputy from the coalition “Continuing Changes” – “Democratic Bulgaria”. We are talking about 100 armored personnel carriers that are in the warehouses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The machines […]
On the morning of July 13, the Russian army attacked Zmeinyi Island in Odesa region, firing a high-explosive bomb at the territory. Instead, overnight in the south, the Defense Forces destroyed 1 rocket and 10 shaheeds This was reported by the press center of the Operational Command “South”. It is noted that at dawn, using […]
Ukraine’s Armed Forces shoot down another Russian Orlan reconnaissance-level unmanned aerial vehicle. What is important in this story is that the Defense Forces managed to eliminate the Orlan-30 drone. You can see the wreckage of the drone in the video below. The video contains profanity. Details of the UAV’s destruction were not reported. Since February […]
The Kingdom of Norway has announced a new defense support package. A message about this appeared on the Norwegian Defense Ministry’s Twitter account the day before. It states that the package will include additional Fire Control Centers (2 units), launchers (2 units), and spare parts for them. According to Bjørn Arild Gram, the equipment supplied […]
The Ukrainian Defense Forces effectively destroyed the Russian Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile system. A Ukrainian-made drone called SHARK participated in the operation to eliminate the expensive system. “The Buk-M2 was destroyed by the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A SHARK unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the 36th Separate Marine Brigade is used to adjust fire. […]