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Visual evidence from the battlefield suggests that heavy snow and rain weakened Ukraine’s counter-drone defenses, exposing its trenches to first-person-view drone attacks. Dense fog also allowed small Russian infantry assault groups to penetrate Ukraine’s defensive lines.
Ukraine hasn't previously stated openly that it uses the advanced U.S.-provided ballistic missile systems on targets inside Russia.
Helping Ukraine defeat Russia is a cheaper prospect for Europe than giving into the Kremlin’s concessions, according to a new study titled “Europe’s Choice” out of Norway.
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'Time to update' Ukraine's defense documents, Zelensky says after meeting top military, intelligence officials
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal and military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov on Nov. 29 and ordered a revision of Ukraine's core defense documents. The move comes as Russia intensifies offensive operations in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts,
Nearly four years into Russia’s invasion, women here are increasingly taking on combat roles once reserved for men.
Ukraine is developing a large language model using Google's open-weight Gemma framework, aiming to create an independent system for artificial intelligence operations amid rising demand across military and civilian sectors,
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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine downs Russian Mi-8 helicopter with deep strike drone for first time, military claims
Ukraine downs Russian Mi-8 helicopter with deep strike drone for first time, military claims ・Russia likely captured over 15 villages in Zaporizhzhia Oblast since September, OSINT group says ・Pro-Ukrainian partisans set locomotive ablaze in Russia's Rostov-on-Don,
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Unfreeze and use Russian assets to meet Ukraine’s needs
In the wake of the ill-fated Russo-American 28-point proposal to bring about an end to the Ukraine conflict, the EU has ramped up its pressure on Belgium to unfreeze the assets so as not only to erase Ukraine’s $65 billion budget shortfall over the next two years but also to finance arms acquisition and civilian reconstruction.
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Ukraine’s homegrown interceptors bringing down Russia’s high-speed kamikaze drones
The claim comes as Russia steps up its use of the Geran-3, a turbojet-powered loitering munition modeled after Iran’s Shahed-238. Ukraine’s General Staff said in a recent briefing that Russia has already launched 138 of the new drones in recent weeks.