Category: 6. Opinion

Overnight on 26 May, a drone strike reportedly hit the NPO Splav facility in Tula, Russia, 340 km from Ukraine, marking the second such attack on the plant this month. The factory produces rockets and Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), heavy “flamethrower” systems (TOS), and guided…

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In the early hours of 26 May, Russia launched what Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as the “largest drone attack since the start of the full-scale war.” A total of 355 explosive and decoy drones and 9 air-launched cruise missiles targeted Ukraine from various directions…

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US President Donald Trump responded to a deadly Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine, which killed at least 12 civilians on 25 May, by publicly denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin and considering sanctions. However, Trump also criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and…

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European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius says Russia lacks the military strength often attributed to it and will not achieve victory in Ukraine, according to an interview with LRT.lt.

This comes after Russia’s massive air attack on Ukraine over the weekend, during which over…

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Ukraine’s foreign intelligence chief Oleh Ivashchenko says that Belarus has nuclear weapon carriers but no actual nuclear weapons on its territory. The same applies to Oreshnik missile systems.

Ivashchenko said this in his first interview since Russia’s full-scale invasion to Ukrinform news…

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A drone strike reportedly hit the Shahed drone factory in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, marking another attack on a key military facility located in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. The plant produces Shahed-type kamikaze drones used in daily attacks against Ukraine and has previously been struck…

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Kyiv endured its third consecutive night of massive Russian drone attacks, with air raid alerts lasting six hours in the Ukrainian capital.

Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, wrote on Telegram that Russian forces struck the capital with attack drones. The assault…

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Russia tests new “porcupine” anti-drone armor. Ukraine’s drones still win.. From cope cages to turtle tanks, Russian anti-drone armor kept evolving. The latest iteration—a porcupine bristling with metal spikes—just met Ukrainian drones and lost, but likely won’t be the… Continue Reading May 26, 2025 Russia tests new “porcupine” anti-drone armor. Ukraine’s drones still win. Two years ago, Russian troops began wrapping their armored vehicles in shell-like layers of add-on armor—all in a desperate effort to protect the vehicles from Ukrainian drones. The Ukrainians gave these up-armored vehicles a name—“turtle tank”—and got to work destroying them with… Continue Reading May 25, 2025 The diplomatic delusion driving Trump’s appeasement of Putin Donald Trump is selling Ukraine and European security out to Moscow. However, he has not gotten his thirty pieces of silver for doing so. The proof came in stark detail during three days of failed negotiations in Istanbul from May 14-16, where Russian demands revealed the true price of… Continue Reading May 25, 2025