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Category: 6. Opinion
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Ukraine clears combat-ready Varta 2 armored vehicle to face Russian forces
Ukraine’s defense manufacturer Ukrainian Armor has announced that its next-generation armored vehicle, Varta 2, has completed all state trials and the codification process, officially clearing it for serial production and frontline deployment.
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Russia copies Ukraine’s cheap & dirty WWI-style drone killers amid Kyiv’s escalating long-range strikes
The Ukrainians turned at least two propeller-driven Yak-52s into drone-hunters in the simplest way possible: by arming the backseat crew member with a shotgun.
One year later, a Russian design bureau has copied the idea—and added an underwing sensor turret in addition to a backseat…
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Russian war goal: “unified state” including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, says Kremlin official
Russian State Duma Defense Committee member Viktor Sobolev outlined the creation of a “unified state” encompassing Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus as the ultimate objective of what the Kremlin terms its “special military operation” [war] in Ukraine.
The Institute for the Study of War concluded that…Continue Reading
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Ukraine’s WWI-style vintage drone hunter was so good that Russia just copied it
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5 reasons Ukraine became the West’s most embarrassing blind spot
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Russia kills 10, injures 31 civilians across Ukraine in latest wave of attacks — Kherson suffers worst toll
Russia’s latest wave of attacks on 22–23 May killed 10 civilians and injured at least 31 across Ukraine, according to reports from local authorities. Kherson Oblast suffered the highest number of casualties. Continuing what they call a “human safari,” Russian forces targeted civilians in…
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Ukraine and Swedish defense giant SAAB launch talks on modernizing Soviet-era jets
On 23 May, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced it held a meeting with representatives of SAAB, a leading Swedish defense and security company that produces a wide range of advanced military solutions, including Gripen fighter aircraft.
In April, Micael Johansson, CEO of Saab, said Canada…
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Russia strikes global food lifeline in Ukraine, killing two civilians and injuring many others
In a midday of 23 May, Russian forces struck a civilian port facility in Odesa with Iskander-M ballistic missiles, killing a 40-year-old port worker and a 71-year-old man, and injuring at least eight civilians, four of them critically.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion,…Continue Reading
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Seven Hermitage museum employees named in illegal Crimean excavation report
The Regional Center for Human Rights has identified seven employees of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg who have participated in illegal archaeological excavations in occupied Crimea.
The Hermitage, one of Russia’s most famous museums, has long become an instrument of…
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