The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of 500 PAC-3 MSE interceptors to Ukraine for its Patriot air defense systems, a package worth an estimated $2.1 billion that will be paid for entirely by Ukraineβs allies and partners. The department notified Congress of the decision on Oct. 30. Canada, Germany and Norway are [β¦]Ukraineβs Third Assault Brigade destroyed a Russian Mi-8 military helicopter in the Luhansk region with two Hornet one-way attack drones after waiting for it to land, the brigade said on social media on Oct. 30. A drone crew from the SKYFOM strike-wing platoon of the brigadeβs unmanned systems battalion spotted the helicopter during a raid [β¦]Satellite imagery shows the wreckage of two Su-34 fighter-bombers destroyed at Russiaβs Marinovka air base in the Volgograd region, confirming Ukraineβs claim that its Neptune cruise missiles knocked out the jets on Oct. 29, open-source analysts said. The open-source monitoring group CyberBoroshno said the post-strike image shows the effects of hits in two parking spaces [β¦]German defense startup ARX Robotics and Ukrainian manufacturer Roboneers have completed initial integration tests of Roboneersβ SABER remote weapon station on ARXβs GEREON unmanned ground vehicle, and plan to start fitting armed versions by the end of 2026, the companies announced on Oct. 29. The first SABER modules will be integrated in M2 and MK [β¦]Poland will soon hand Ukraine two more MiG-29 fighter jets as part of a new military aid package worth about β¬50 million (about $56 million), Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported on Oct. 29, in a story quickly picked up by Ukrainian defense outlet Milarnyi. Reserve Lt. Gen. Dariusz Εukowski, director of the Polish Defense Ministryβs Strategy [β¦]Ukraineβs parliament has approved in a first reading a 2027 state budget that sets aside 4.885 trillion hryvnias (about $107.5 billion) for security and defense, equal to 43.8% of the countryβs projected gross domestic product. The Verkhovna Rada passed draft budget No. 16000 on Oct. 28 with 239 votes in favor, 25 against and 26 [β¦]Italyβs 13th military aid package for Ukraine, which is expected to include Aster 30 air defense missiles, is ready but frozen, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloniβs government appears to be waiting for the outcome of the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 3 before moving it forward, La Repubblica reported Tuesday. If the delay continues, Rome [β¦]Photos have emerged of Russiaβs newest version of the Geran-5 light cruise missile, known as the Geran-5 K5-K and often described in the media as a jet-powered drone, lying in a field somewhere in Ukraineβs Odesa region after it came down during an attack, with the serial number ANS-3031 visible on the airframe. It is [β¦]A Russian drone unit fired about 100 Lancet loitering munitions over three months and hit only three targets, according to pro-Russian militant Pavel Gubarev, who said Ukrainian air defenses brought down most of the rest. The account points to a sharp drop in the effectiveness of one of Russiaβs most widely used strike drones, Ukrainian [β¦]Ukraine has rejected Elon Muskβs claim that its military broke Starlinkβs terms of service by using the civilian satellite network for offensive drone strikes, with a presidential adviser saying that restrictions SpaceX placed on the service in February make such use physically impossible. Musk made the accusation on X on Oct. 24, the same day [β¦]Ukraine has joined a NATO procurement partnership that lets Ukrainian defense companies bid for contracts issued by the allianceβs main buying agency, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency announced on Oct. 22, 2026. Ukraine is now the seventh member of the agencyβs Security Cooperation Support Partnership, alongside Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and [β¦]A missile strike likely hit the Proton plant in the Russian city of Orel, a manufacturer of optoelectronic equipment whose components are used in Russiaβs Iskander-M ballistic missiles, Pantsir-S1 air defense systems and Kh-71 cruise missiles, according to the monitoring channel Exilenova+. Local authorities declared an aviation and missile danger alert in Orel during the [β¦]A drone strike sank a merchant ship carrying Ukrainian and Azerbaijani sailors off Romaniaβs Black Sea coast on Oct. 23, 2026, killing one crew member and leaving three missing, prompting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to condemn what she called another Russian escalation in the Black Sea. The Comoros-flagged Khoryv sent a distress [β¦]Denmark has rushed more than 50,000 rounds of 20 mm ammunition to Ukraine for the cannons on its F-16 fighter jets, and Ukrainian pilots are already firing them at Russiaβs jet-powered Shahed-type attack drones, Ukraineβs Defense Ministry said on Oct. 23, 2026. The ministry announced the delivery on X, saying Denmark sent the rounds on [β¦]Ukraineβs military intelligence agency has published a detailed breakdown of Filin, a new Russian ground-launched cruise missile that Moscow began firing at Ukraine in late summer 2026. According to the agency, the missile combines a composite airframe and a Russian jet engine with onboard electronics built largely from American and Chinese parts. The Main Intelligence [β¦]Ukraineβs Defense Minister Evgeniy Khmara and Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi met a Lockheed Martin delegation led by Orlando Sanchez Jr., president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, to press for steady weapons deliveries, more PAC-3 interceptors for Patriot and wider F-16 maintenance across Ukraine, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said. The talks centered on the F-16, which the ministry [β¦]Lockheed Martin is promoting the idea of a special version of the F-16 fighter built around Ukraineβs needs, with longer range, a new AESA radar and stronger air defense capabilities, sources at the company told The Defence Blog. The idea is being floated as the U.S. defense giant expands its work with Kyiv, and it [β¦]Ukrainian drones have destroyed a Russian 9K515 Tornado-S heavy multiple launch rocket system in occupied Kherson Oblast, hitting the launcher with several different kamikaze drones in succession in a strike carried out by the Prymary unit of Ukraineβs Defense Intelligence (HUR), which released the footage on Oct. 20. OSINT analyst Dominik geolocated the strike to [β¦]Ukrainian drone operators playing the enemy in a U.S. Army training exercise in Germany caused about 70% of an American armored brigadeβs casualties in the first three days, according to an account by the brigadeβs own commander and staff. The figures come from an article in Military Review, the U.S. Armyβs professional journal, written by [β¦]German drone maker Quantum Systems says its Apex Recordhunter, a battery-powered experimental drone, flew at 777 km/h (483 mph) in a record attempt this week, faster than any battery-electric drone has flown before and well above the speed of Russiaβs jet-powered attack drones. Martin Karkour, the companyβs chief revenue officer, announced the run, saying the [β¦]
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