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The Russian drone was destroyed by a Ukrainian Sargan 3000 unmanned boat, equipped with a 12.7-mm Protector remote weapons station, according to the Navy, marking a historic first battle between marine drones.

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kyivpost.com | 6 hrs. 53 min. ago

Ukraine Strikes Russian Drone Command Posts and Supply Depots

#Alchevsk #command #command post #Donetsk #Drone #equipment #hit #logistics #military #Polohy #Russia #strike #supply #target #UAV #Ukraine #weapon

Ukrainian forces struck multiple Russian military command posts, drone storage sites, and equipment depots on Sept. 11 and early Sept. 12. Precision strikes hit UAV command posts in Polohy and Zaliznyi Port, as well as drone warehouses in Donetsk, Selydove, Kurakhivka, and Malyi Kermenchyk. In occupied Alchevsk, forces targeted a logistics warehouse and weapons depot.

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euromaidanpress.com | 9 hrs. ago

Russia is working to modernize its weapons on every front. This month, its drones are expected to carry 20-element anti-jam antennas to outpace Ukraine’s jamming

#Drone #Front #Russia #Ukraine #weapon

Russia's new drones and cruise weapons navigate rather than fly, so Ukraine has to jam GPS, not the operator link.

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thestar.com | 10 hrs. 30 min. ago

Fire at ammunition depot in Bulgaria raises fears of neglect or sabotage

#ammunition #Explosion #Sabotage #weapon

Fire from an ammunition depot storage of the EMCO company near Tsareva Livada, Bulgaria, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 as Bulgarian authorities launched investigations in an explosion at a weapons storage site in central Bulgaria overnight, which came in the wake…

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kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

Medvedev: NATO Will Not Invoke Article 5 if Russia Strikes Lithuania

#catastrophe #Medvedev #NATO #Russia #strike #weapon

Dmitry Medvedev, former President and current Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, threatened Lithuania would “disappear from the map of the world” in case of a conflict linked to Vilnius' nuclear weapons ban lift. He also claimed NATO would not invoke Article 5 to defend the country as that would mean a “global catastrophe.”

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kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

Discount Terror: How Putin Gutted Russia’s Premier S-400 Systems

#Putin #Russia #S-400 #weapon

Chuck Pfarrer takes apart Russia’s newest weapon of desperation: the modified 48N6 variant of the premier S-400 anti-aircraft system.

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kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

‘Weeks, Not Months’: Ukraine’s FP-7 Ballistic Missile Could Soon Strike Russia

#Ballistic missile #combat #Missile #range #Russia #strike #Ukraine #Warhead #weapon

Ukraine’s FP-7 tactical ballistic missile could enter combat within weeks after completing two testing stages, its manufacturer says. The 200-km weapon can carry a warhead of up to 150 kg, while Fire Point’s longer-range FP-9 is undergoing flight tests.

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kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

Ukraine Is Losing Its Tech Edge to Russia, Former Google CEO Says

#ammunition #battlefield #defense #government #range #Russia #supply #Ukraine #weapon #weapons production

Ukraine’s technological advantage over Russia is rapidly diminishing as Moscow combines mass weapons production with faster battlefield innovation, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned. He said Ukraine lacks the industrial capacity to produce and deploy its technologies at scale and urged Western governments to supply more interceptors, ammunition and long-range weapons while investing directly in Ukrainian defense manufacturing.

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kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

Russia Issues Nuclear Threats to Lithuania Over Vilnius’s Plan to Lift Nuke Ban

#Belarus #Kremlin #Russia #threat #weapon

After Vilnius moved one step closer to lifting the country’s longstanding nuke ban, the Kremlin said the country would be in the Russian nuclear weapons’ crosshairs, despite Moscow having begun deploying nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus back in 2023.

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kyivindependent.com | 1 days ago

EU gives final green light to 6 billion euros in defense aid for Ukraine, Patriot missiles purchase

#Ballistic missile #defense #European Commission #Missile #missiles #Patriot #Russia #support #Ukraine #weapon

The European Commission's approval allows Ukraine to use funds from the EU's 90-billion-euro ($104-billion) support loan to purchase U.S.-made PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, one of the few weapons capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles.

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rferl.org | 1 days ago

The Kremlin Tries A New Weapon For Its War: The Relics Of A 14th-Century Saint

#battlefield #Front #front line #Kremlin #Russia #Ukraine #victory #war #weapon

With the blessing of the Russian Orthodox Church, officials unearthed the remains of a warrior prince whose 14th-century battlefield victory is a seminal moment in Russian history. Fragments are now being sent to the front lines in Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

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