Editor's Note: Due to the security protocols of the brigade featured in this story, Ukrainian soldiers and military medics mentioned are identified by their callsigns only. KHARKIV OBLAST – As is usually the case at stabilization points across Ukraine in the fourth year of Russia's full-scale war,…

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Up to 10% of Ukraine's defence procurement is reported to be conducted by volunteers. Source: Ihor Fedirko, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Arms Manufacturers Council, in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency; Mezha Media, a technology and IT news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding…

Krzysztof Gawkowski, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Affairs, has stated that the country is facing an unprecedented attempt by Russia to interfere in its presidential election. Source: Reuters; European Pravda Details: Polish authorities state that the country’s role as a…

The U.S. Marine Corps is exploring the idea of buying Regent's new all-electric wing-in-ground (WIG) craft to move troops around in the littorals of the Pacific Islands, the service's R&D lab told media at a conference in D.C. last week. The Marine Corps' new fighting doctrine - Expeditionary…

When Russian military authorities couldn't provide any information to Irina Krynina about her boyfriend who went missing while fighting in Ukraine, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She reached out to a Ukrainian hotline that confirmed he had been captured and Krynina too the bold step…

The Czech Republic will train Ukrainian Air Force pilots on American F-16 fighter jets and Czech L-39 aircraft at its military bases, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 5 May. Ukraine began receiving F-16 fighter jets…

The U.S. Air Force is pulling old and nonoperational F-16s out of its airplane graveyard known as “the boneyard” to send to Ukraine for spare parts. An Air Force spokesperson confirmed the donated F-16s are coming from the service’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan…

Hacks today come in all shapes and sizes. From social engineering to password cracking, bad actors are doing more with less post-pandemic thanks to new technologies and artificial intelligence (AI). To make matters worse, they’re scaling these operations and targeting enterprises with low- or…

Do whales make you horny? How about UFOs? Maybe you’ve always dreamed of having a tryst in a fairytale castle, or making love inside a gigantic biscuit tin? Whatever your weird fantasy may be, it can probably be catered for on a roadside somewhere in Japan, if a new book on the curious phenomenon of…

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Major ports up and down the West Coast are bracing for the full impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs. The number of ships arriving is expected to drop dramatically, and the effect will be especially striking in Southern California. Los Angeles and Long Beach are the…

USAID’s Demise Is an Opportunity to Prioritize Industrialization Over Charity Zainab Usman May 5, 2025 At the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 2025 Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters ZAINAB USMAN is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for…

A group of Russian hackers attacked several Romanian government and presidential candidate websites on Sunday 4 May as the country voted for its next president in the first round. The attack was carried out by a group known as DDOSIA/NoName057. Source: Romanian news agency G4media, as reported by…

North Korean children marched alongside their Russian peers in a military-themed parade in Vladivostok, Russian officials said Sunday. The parade commemorated the upcoming Victory Day, celebrated on May 9 in Russia, and came a week after Moscow and Pyongyang acknowledged that North Korean troops…

Entering your destination into a navigation app and getting directions in real time, looking up nearby places to eat, getting items delivered to your doorstep — these activities are now second nature to you. You do them mindlessly, without even thinking about it. But up until only 25 years ago, this…

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Ukraine’s Air Force has released a video featuring a Patriot air defence system operator who shot down a Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile over Kyiv on 4 May 2023 – the first successful interception of such a missile. Source: Ukrainian Air Force Details: The operator’s surname is not disclosed,…

New details of successful power steering operation This is a historic moment, emphasized Kyrylo Budanov. As part of the operation that took place on May 2, soldiers from the GUR Group 13 special forces unit destroyed two Russian Su-30 aircraft with AIM-9 missiles. What is important to understand is…

Russian filmmakers constructed a full-scale replica of Berlin’s Reichstag in Moscow to stage performances depicting Soviet forces capturing the building in the final days of World War II. Russia uses the narrative of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany to justify its current aggression against Ukraine,…

Developed from lessons learned in Ukraine, StormShroud is part of an initial £19 million ($25.3 million) procurement. The UK government describes it as “a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind drone” that enhances the survivability and lethality of the RAF’s combat aircraft. StormShroud integrates the…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrow said in a joint news conference with Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency that If the nuclear talks on Iran's nuclear program dont reach an agreement and the security interests of European countries are not met, France has…

On May 2, the Defense Forces in the Black Sea eliminated a Russian Su-30 aircraft – the world's first destruction of a combat aircraft by a naval drone. The press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported this and published a video of the operation. The…

Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) equipped with R-73 air-to-air missiles are reported to have hit a Russian Su-30 fighter jet near the port of Novorossiysk. Source: Mezha Media, a technology and IT news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company; Defence Intelligence of Ukraine…

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Top-ranking officials in US President Donald Trump's administration were quick to criticize Germany's domestic intelligence agency BfV on Friday for designating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a "right-wing extremist" entity. The agency said the party's positions on ethnicity…

A dramatic shift for the better has taken place in the surface warfare community in the past seven years. Following the ship collisions in 2017, mariner skills training centers (MSTCs) and Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) began to implement far more baseline training for junior officers. The…

11 April, 04:49 PM Share: At a concert in Berlin, Twenty One Pilots invited a boy from Ukraine to the stage (Photo: twentyonepilots/Instagram) The American band Twenty One Pilots invited a Ukrainian boy named Artem to join them on stage during their concert in Berlin on April 8. Twenty One Pilots is…

Russian security forces raided a capital city swingers club in the early hours of Thursday on suspicion of “LGBT propaganda.” While it’s unclear whether anyone was arrested during the raid, it’s just the latest instance of Russian forces using the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda law as a pretext to…

A group of over 75 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were seen in shipping lanes south of Martha’s Vineyard, the New England Aquarium announced, triggering a “crucial” slow zone in the area. “Ship strikes are one of the leading causes of injuries and deaths for this critically…

Detailed army plans for a potential military parade on Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple of thousand civilians, the Associated Press has learned. The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are…

During a rally in Kyiv, a banner displaying photos of missing soldiers from the Bakhmut garrison is held aloft by two women on May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko) Since mid-February, there have been renewed efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Preliminary negotiations have focused on…

On Wednesday, a barge hit a 150-year-old lighthouse in the middle of the Hudson River, damaging the structure's dock and a stairway. The lighthouse and the barge survived the encounter, and the operating company has agreed to participate in a long-term restoration project for the historic structure.…

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Just after 2 p.m. on Valentine’s Day this year, a middle-aged woman in a bright red coat walked over to a group of Ukrainian soldiers standing outside a cafe in the city of Mykolaiv. The soldiers, who were just finishing their lunch break, stood in a group, chatting, and clearly didn’t think much of…

Ukrainian troop destroys Russian Buk-M3 SAM system Ukrainian forces have delivered a significant blow to Russia’s air defence capabilities by destroying a Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system valued at approximately £33 million ($45 million). The Ukrainian Defence Ministry shared a video of the…

Maybe it’s Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy who should be writing books about the art of negotiation. For a while, it looked as though he’d made a huge miscalculation by highlighting the opportunities available to allies in exploiting his nation’s natural resources. The idea was to interest…