Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a nighttime strike on Tuesday that hit a rare Russian Beriev A-60 airborne laser aircraft stationed in Taganrog, according to a report from the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi. The aircraft, a laser-armed flying laboratory built from the Il-76MD platform, was developed to test directed-energy systems for the Russian military. Militarnyi reported […]

Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant employees say they have not received salaries for nearly two months, citing unpaid military orders and stalled production, according to Ukrainian outlet Ekonomichna Pravda. The Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant, a Russian company under international sanctions for its cooperation with the country’s defense-industrial sector, has reportedly failed to pay its workers for nearly two […]

Ukraine conducted a rare strike inside Russian territory on Nov. 18, using four U.S.-made long‑range ATACMS missiles against targets in the Voronezh region. Both Ukraine and Russia confirmed the attack, marking one of the deepest ATACMS engagements since the United States transferred the weapon to Kyiv. According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, the strike occurred […]

Russia’s defense industry is facing its deepest crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to internal assessments and correspondence circulating among defense‑sector managers. Despite large military orders driven by the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian defense plants are now under heavy strain, lacking the workforce, financial stability, and supply chains required to sustain […]

Ukraine has released its first public footage of a long-range version of the Neptune cruise missile being launched during a night strike on Russian targets, marking a new stage in Kyiv’s use of domestically developed precision weapons. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published the video early Thursday, showing what he described as combat launches of the system. […]