A Ukrainian army 2S7 howitzer in action. Ukrainian army photo The Russian army’s plan, in the early hours of its wider invasion of Ukraine back in February, was to roll straight from Belarus and south...
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How Ukraine’s 1st Tank Brigade Fought A Russian Force Ten Times Its Size—And Won
The 1st Tank Brigade in training in 2021. Ukrainian army photo The 1st Tank Brigade, arguably Ukraine’s best tank formation, didn’t just survive the brutal bombardment that preceded Russia’s wider inv...
‘Knocking Down’ Ukraine’s Patriot Battery Would Give Russia A Much-Needed Propaganda Coup
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared Russia will destroy the MIM-104 Patriot air defense missile system the United States is delivering to Ukraine. Striking the single most advanced system th...
Russia’s Electronic-Warfare Troops Knocked Out 90 Percent Of Ukraine’s Drones
A Russian army Pole-21 jamming system. Russian state media photo The Russian military’s failures in Russia’s wider war on Ukraine almost are too numerous to list. Too many attacks along too many secto...
Bakhmut Is ‘Soaked In Blood’ As Eight Of Ukraine’s Best Brigades Battle 40,000 Former Russian Prisoners
Volodymyr Zelensky in Bakhmut. Office of the president of Ukraine Russian mercenary firm The Wagner Group since this summer has been trying, and so far failing, to capture the town of Bakhmut in easte...
Stellar to outshine again- Ukraine’s war relief to relieve XLM price
The UN decides to deploy Stellar Blockchain to transfer crypto in financial aid for the Ukrainians. A boom after the FTX debacle as the persistent pattern may break. The volume fell by 10%...
Ukraine’s Super-Upgraded M-55S Tanks Have Equipped A New Kind Of Brigade
Valery Markus and M-55Ss. Valery Markus photo We finally know which Ukrainian army unit took ownership of those super-upgraded, but very old, M-55S tanks that Slovenia donated to Ukraine. It’s the 47t...
Did The Russians Sabotage Ukraine’s Neptune Missiles?
The Ukrainian navy’s first Neptune battery. Wikimedia Commons The Neptune anti-ship missile was one of Ukraine’s secret weapons. Developed in fits and starts and completed just weeks before Russ...
With GPS-Guided Munitions, Ukraine’s Pilots Could Hit The Russians Almost 100-Percent Of The Time
A U.S. Air Force airman loads JDAMs on a Boeing B-52 bomber. U.S. Air Force photo The U.S. Defense Department reportedly plans to equip the Ukrainian air force with satellite-guided bombs. The Pentago...
Ukraine’s Fight For Democracy Is Worth The Short-Term Spike In Energy Prices
A Ukrainian soldier looks at flames after throwing a cocktail Molotovs during a self-defence … [+] civilian course on the outskirts of Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. – The Russia...
Fake Air-Defenses Are Bolstering Ukraine’s Real Air-Defenses
A Ukrainian S-300 launcher in Kyiv in 2018. Wikimedia Commons The sky over Ukraine is one of the most dangerous places in the world for aircrews. Ukrainian and Russian air-defenses blanket the entire ...
Ukraine’s Drones Spell Danger For A Vast Swathe Of Russia As New Airbase Strike Reported
The Ukrainian strikes which we reported yesterday on Russian airbases 400 miles inside Russian territory have huge implications for this conflict. Now social media reports describe a fresh drone attac...
A top aide to Ukraine’s President Zelensky accuses BP of war profiteering with stake in Russian oil firm
A major [hotlink ignore=true]energy[/hotlink] company that pledged to sell its stake in Russia has yet to do so, and a top Ukrainian official just accused it of pocketing millions from the war. Britis...
Ukraine’s World War II-Vintage Howitzers Still Work Just Fine
A Ukrainian M101 in action. Ukrainian defense ministry The Ukrainian army’s newest howitzers also are among its oldest. On Sunday, the first video appeared online depicting ex-Lithuanian M101 howitzer...
Six Months After The Russians Shot Down Ukraine’s Last Naval Rescue Helicopter, the U.K. Is Sending Replacements
A Westland Sea King HU5 in Royal Navy service in 2013. Via Wikimedia Commons The United Kingdom is sending three Westland Sea King helicopters to Ukraine. The 1970s-vintage rotorcraft, which once serv...
New Council at Ukraine’s Securities Watchdog to Draft Crypto Taxation Regulations – Taxes Bitcoin News
A special council under Ukraine’s securities regulator will be tasked to develop rules for crypto taxation in the country. The new body will be also responsible for coordinating the regulation of vari...
Here’s What Lies Ahead For Ukraine’s “Teenage Democracy”
KYIV, UKRAINE – 2022/11/11: People hold a banner that says “Kherson is Ukraine” celebrating the … [+] liberation of Kherson from Russian occupiers in central Kyiv. Ukrainian ar...
Ukraine’s Drone Boats Are Winning The Black Sea Naval War
A Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicle, beached near Sevastopol. Via social media An apparent Ukrainian drone-boat strike on Novorossiysk, a hundred miles from Russian-occupied Crimea in southern Russia...
Ukraine’s Deputy Digital Minister Rejects ‘FTX-Democrats Narrative’ – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Claims that Ukraine has invested military aid into the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX have been rebutted by a representative of the Ukrainian government. Speculation circulated on social media suggested...
Russia’s Southern Supply Hub Is Now In Range Of Ukraine’s Rockets. Expect Explosions.
Ukrainian HIMARS firing in June 2022. Ukrainian army photo Ukrainian advances in southern Ukraine could lead to, well, further Ukrainian advances in southern Ukraine. To understand why, look at Russia...
Ukraine’s Cyberpolice Expose Members of Crypto Fraud Scheme Making €200 Million a Year – Bitcoin News
A report shows Ukrainian Cyberpolice identified members of a group that defrauded people around the world through fake crypto investment offers. The criminal organization maintained offices and custom...
Ukraine’s River Fleet Is Fighting a Secretive War Along Vast Waterways
Ukrainian defense ministry photo A brief glimpse of an old, ex-Soviet amphibious tractor, hauling a Ukrainian army platoon across a river, is a reminder that Ukraine’s expansive rivers are a battlefie...
Ukraine’s Busiest Tank Brigade Is Fighting On Two Fronts
17th Tank Brigade in the east. Ukrainian defense ministry Amid relentless fighting and heavy losses, the Ukrainian army has struggled to form new tank brigades. But the tank brigades it has formed are...
Ukraine’s Success in Turning Back Russia’s Invasion Could Aggravate Global Food Shortages
A pair of Russian Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft streak across a Ukrainian wheat field as seen from … [+] a farmer’s combine harvester. PR Army In about a month, the Black Sea Grain Initia...
Ukraine’s Kharkiv Art Museum Launches NFT Collection With Binance to Raise Funds, Secure Jobs – News Bitcoin News
The art museum in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has partnered with cryptocurrency exchange Binance to offer non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of some of its most valuable artworks. Proceeds from the ...
New Types Of Ammunition Make Ukraine’s HIMARS Far Deadlier
HIMARS rocket launchers have been among Ukraine’s most effective weapons against the Russian invaders, and yesterday’s DoD announcement that they are sending four more will be welcome. Perhaps more si...
Ukraine’s Counteroffensives Appear To Be Part Of A Much Bigger Plan—To Divide The Russian Army
A Ukrainian army BMP fighting vehicle. Ukrainian defense ministry photo A month into Ukraine’s twin counteroffensives in southern and eastern Ukraine, Kyiv’s overall strategy is becoming clearer. Expe...
Ukraine’s Ex-German Air-Defense Guns Are In Action, Supporting The Counteroffensive
A Ukrainian Gepard near Kharkiv. Via social media We’ve gotten our first glimpse of ex-German Gepard anti-aircraft guns in Ukrainian service. And there’s a surprise. The Ukrainians appear to be deploy...
Russia’s Air Force Goes Missing At The Worst Possible Time—During Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
A Ukrainian air force Su-25 attack jet at low level. Via social media Ukrainian troops are on the move—rolling along wide highways and across open fields as they counterattack in eastern and southern ...
Ukraine’s Stunning Advance Continues—Military Says It’s Recaptured Several Towns And Cities In Past Day
Topline Ukraine’s military claimed Monday it had recaptured more than 20 towns and villages in the past 24 hours as part of its fast-moving counteroffensive in the northeast of the country, capping of...
Ukraine’s Tech Retail Giants All Set To Accept Bitcoin.
Two tech retail giants in Ukrain are now going to accept payments in Bitcoin. The interest of the country has significantly increased after the Russian invasion. The two biggest tech-based retailers i...
Ukraine’s Drones Are Back—And Blowing Up Russian Artillery In The South
A Ukrainian TB-2. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s Turkish-made drones are blowing up Russian equipment in southern Ukraine, helping to clear a path for Ukrainian battalions as they fight their w...