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British Veteran Says Western Armies Better Be Learning From Ukraine’s Battlefield Playbook Ex-UK soldier Andrew Fox on Ukraine’s frontline tactics near Pokrovsk: small-unit urban fighting, discipline, and constant FPV drone threats.

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Invisible, Lethal, Affordable, Unmanned: Reshaping Naval Warfare cloverops.substack.com/p/invisible-...

Another timely graphic from @covertshores.bsky.social, showing Ukrainian drone interceptors www.hisutton.com/Ukrainian-In...

Ukrainian Naval Carrier Drone Downed Russian Ka-27 Using FPV The Ukrainian Navy, in cooperation with Special Operations Forces, destroyed a Russian Ka-27 naval helicopter using a surface unmanned carrier drone that launched an FPV drone.The video was released b...

Ukrainian Naval Carrier Drone Downed Russian Ka-27 Using FPV militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

This New Company Will Build Ukraine’s Deadly Drone Boats For Western Militaries Ukraine's drone boats have swept Russia's navy from the Black Sea. Now, startup Uforce plans to build drone boats, bombers and interceptors for NATO nations.

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Drone interceptor was last year's innovation. Ukraine has already moved on - Euromaidan Press Ukraine deploys next-generation ground robotic systems to transport cargo, evacuate the wounded, and control combat drones.

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Green Berets hone drone proficiency with advanced training www.army.mil/article/2909...

Armed robots take to the battlefield in Ukraine war Ukraine has embarked on a programme to deploy armed robots on the battlefield against Russian forces.

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New Versions of the Blyskavka UAV Can Be Controlled via Starlink The Ukrainian company Vyriy has developed new versions of the Blyskavka UAV, which can now use alternative control systems, and is working on implementing a guidance system.This was announced in […]

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Ukraine to help US and its allies counter Iranian drones in Middle East, says Zelenskyy Ukrainian president orders equipment and expertise to be provided to US in return to diplomatic support against Russia, saying ‘we help to defend from war those who help us’

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У Києві відбулися масштабні перегони НРК 26 лютого 2026 року у Києві пройшов Відкритий Кубок м. Києва з технологічного спорту у дисципліні «Виконання місій НРК».Захід став першим масштабним змаганням в Україні, присвяченим наземним роботизов...

Ukrainian military and industry held combat/logistics UGV races outside Kyiv militarnyi.com/uk/articles/...

Drone Dominance: Pentagon to order 30,000 one-way drones in 'next few days' - Breaking Defense The DoD is about to choose the winners from its "Gauntlet" unmanned exercise and provide successful systems to military units "over the next five months," a DoD official said.

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Copying Ukraine, Russia has begun using uncrewed boats at sea | The Strategist Ukraine’s most significant success in fighting off Russia has arguably been in the Black Sea. It forced Russia’s Black Sea Fleet to withdraw from occupied Crimea and effectively confined much of it to...

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About to start listening to this really relevant and timely discussion with Michael Kimmage, @hannanotte.bsky.social and @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social on the Russian angle in the war against Iran.

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Several trends are shifting defense tech toward Europe War, regulation, and distrust of the United States are tilting a big market homeward.

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Iran strike marks first time US used new one-way attack drones in combat The LUCAS drone, fired at Tehran on Saturday as part of U.S. strikes on Iran, is itself based on Iran’s Shahed-136 drone.

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Putin Exposed by Ukraine’s Wicked Witches Vladimir Putin made a rare admission of Russia's weakness when he admitted Ukraine has better heavy drones than Russia.

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Russian Defense Minister Belousov: "Approximately 80% of fire/strike missions in Ukraine combat are carried out using UAVs. The success of operations is largely determined by the effective UAV command and control." tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...

Для российских вузов вводят квоты по вербовке студентов в войска беспилотных систем — T-Invariant В Дальневосточном федеральном университете введены квоты на вербовку студентов в войска беспилотных систем — в феврале необходимо было набрать 32 человека

Russian universities now have a quota for "supplying" students (especially STEM-educated and tech-savvy ones) into the country's Unmanned Systems Forces. Full story: theins.ru/news/289730

‘We don’t have infantry’: Ukraine’s war machine evolves into machine war Outmanned by a nuclear power in the largest land war in Europe since 1945, Ukraine’s front line is increasingly held by machines.

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Russia Seminar 2026 (Auditorium Itälinnake) Day 2 YouTube video by Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu

On February 12, 2026, I spoke on the Russian "People's VPK" - the ecosystem of volunteers/tech startups that supports the Rus military - at the #Russia Seminar hosted by the
Finnish National Defense University. I start at 1:55:50 www.youtube.com/watch?v=T30T...

Russian Robots Attack! West Point Comic's (Plausible) Future War - Breaking Defense “Is this possible? Probably,” one retired Army officer told me. “Are the Russians trying to figure out how to disable all the M1s so they can run over us with their robots? I hope that’s where they’re...

Blast from the past: is this comic book still relevant? breakingdefense.com/2018/04/russ...

Rapid scaling, soldier-led market key to US drone ambitions, Army secretary says U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said the service will soon launch a soldier-led marketplace to market drone innovations alongside private industry.

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'10 steps ahead' — Fedorov outlines Ukraine's plan to force Russia to make peace "Our benchmark is more than 200 eliminated occupiers per square kilometer," he said.

'10 steps ahead' — Fedorov outlines Ukraine's plan to force Russia to make peace kyivindependent.com/10-steps-ahe...

Russia thought it would take days to seize Ukraine. 4 years later, war is still raging Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, and the fighting continues. Here's a look at where the war stands today.

Russia thought it would take days to seize Ukraine. 4 years later, war is still raging www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Exploration of Ukraine's "kill zone" with charts and graphics. ig.ft.com/ukraine-kill...

YES. But who would listen…