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Ukraine just doubled rewards for eliminating Russian drone operators — exchangeable for EW equipment and robotics
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (274+ words) From now on, Ukrainian soldiers will receive double points for eliminating a drone operator, confirmed in the DELTA system, compared to striking a regular infantry soldier, according to the Ukrainian Defense'Ministry. Destroying Russian UAV operators before drone deployment has been…...
Ukrainian drone pilots get round-the-clock support from another continent. While Kyiv sleeps, Australian experts run night shift
1+ week, 1+ day ago (247+ words) By April 2024, the company had launched a'parts-production facility in Ukraine for Vector reconnaissance drones, increasing production capacity and supplying the front line'with advanced technology. Australian experts work'overnight'in Kyiv time, supporting Ukrainian drone pilots and testing equipment. Data flows from Europe…...
Sweden boards Russian shadow fleet tanker heading for Russian port under suspected false flag
2+ week, 6+ day ago (392+ words) Swedish authorities boarded a sanctioned oil tanker believed to be linked to Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Baltic Sea, citing safety risks and suspected violations of maritime rules. The Swedish Coast Guard said it boarded the 228-meter tanker Sea Owl…...
Russia to compete under national flag at Paralympics for first time since 2014
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (361+ words) Six Russian and four Belarusian athletes have been awarded places at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics and will compete under their national flags, the International Paralympic Committee announced on Tuesday, ITV News reports. It marks the first time Russian competitors…...
Russia is prosecuting a German carnival float builder — he responded by making another Putin float
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (412+ words) German carnival float builder Jacques Tilly rolled three new Putin-mocking floats through Dusseldorf's Rose Monday parade on 16 February, defying a Moscow court that is prosecuting him in absentia'for his satirical depictions of the Russian president,'Spiegel'and'Tagesschau'report.' Russia's prosecution of a…...
Zelenskyy awards skeleton racer disqualified by IOC for helmet honoring 22 Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (328+ words) In Munich, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych and his father, coach Mykhailo Heraskevych. Earlier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had disqualified Vladyslav because of a helmet depicting 22 Ukrainian athletes killed by the Russian…...
FPV drones get all the attention. Ukraine’s reusable heavy bombers are doing the real killing
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (610+ words) Explosive first-person-view drones get a lot of the attention, but the most dangerous drones in the sky over Ukraine'especially for the Russians'are heavy bomber drones. Where an FPV explodes on contact, making it single-use, a heavy bomber drone is reusable....
700,000 Western-brand cars sold in Russia since Ukraine invasion, routed through China bypassing sanctions – Reuters
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (535+ words) Foreign-brand vehicles continue to reach Russia despite Western and Asian sanctions imposed after Moscow's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with China emerging as the primary conduit for cars entering the Russian market through gray-market channels that bypass export restrictions and automaker…...
Latvia sends new batch of 1,500 combat drones to Ukraine
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (307+ words) A philologist by education, in 2003-2007 Yuri worked as a journalist in a Luhansk online media. He was born and lived all his life in the peaceful provincial city of Luhansk, where nothing serious happened. Until 2014. Now he is an IDP....