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Russia is using fiber-optic cables to control some of its larger, fixed-wing strike drones, making them effectively immune to the electronic warfare interference that dominates the battlefield, a top Ukrainian drone expert confirmed. Loading audio narration… Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, an advisor to Ukraine’s defense ministry, told Business Insider this week…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia had earned $10 billion in two weeks of the US-Israeli war with Iran.That’s about 10% of what Moscow has lost in the oil trade so far this year, he said in a post on X.Zelenskyy wrote that Ukrainian intelligence reports indicated…
Anton, a 44-year-old Russian soldier who heads a workshop responsible for repairing and supplying drones, was at his kitchen table when he learned last month that Elon Musk’s SpaceX had cut off access to Starlink terminals used by Russian forces. He scrambled for alternatives, but none offered unlimited internet, data…
Russia has been expanding a drone base near the front lines in eastern Ukraine, adding more launch positions and storage facilities, according to new satellite imagery reviewed by Business Insider. The base is only months old, and it’s growing. Loading audio narration… The imagery, which was captured on Wednesday by…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that his country had struck a Russian military industrial plant with locally made cruise missiles that flew nearly 900 miles to reach their target.Ukrainian officials earlier reported that the missile strike on Saturday had hit a plant in Votkinsk, an industrial town in…
Ukrainian drones struck a Russian oil depot overnight, breaking through the netting that had been installed earlier to protect the site from such attacks, a security official told Business Insider on Thursday.Long-range Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Velikiye Luki, a city in western Russia’s Pskov region, a source…
Moscow’s civil aviation authority said on Wednesday that two major Russian airlines are helping to repatriate its citizens from Cuba amid a jet fuel shortage on the island.The agency, Rosaviatsia, said that Rossiya Airlines had changed its flight schedule “to ensure the evacuation of Russian tourists currently in Cuba.”Rossiya, which…
At least four out of every five successful Ukrainian strikes against Russia’s forces are being carried out by drones, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday.The new figure represents one of the highest official estimates of the involvement of drones in Ukraine’s battlefield operations. In the spring of 2025, Ukrainian…
