War

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a new campaign on Telegram that aims to take advantage of what US intelligence officials say is an “unprecedented” chance to persuade Russians disillusioned with the war in Ukraine and life in Russia to share classified information, writes CNN. This initiative includes ... Read more

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Great Britain today for high-level talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on supporting Ukraine during an aggressive Russian invasion. The President of Ukraine intends to brief the Prime Minister on his recent discussions with other European leaders as Ukraine prepares for a period ... Read more

Finnish studio Rockodile and German publisher Lesser Evil announced that the game about Ukrainian military drone operators Death From Above will be released on Steam Early Access on May 25, 2023. We learned about Death From Above in March 2023, and at the end of March the studio raised €26,548 ... Read more

During another terrorist attack on the night of May 8, 2023, the air defense of the Air Force Command “Center” of the Air Force of Ukraine destroyed all 35 out of 35 enemy Shahed-136/131 UAVs in the sky over Kyiv region. This is a 100% result in one of the ... Read more

After yesterday’s uncertainty and refusal of the Ukrainian Air Force Command to comment, this morning, the Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk confirmed the downing of a Russian X-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic ballistic missile over Kyiv on May 4, 2023. We join the congratulations of Mr. ... Read more

According to Defense Express, on the night of May 4, 2023 Ukrainian Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down the vaunted Russian Kinzhal over Kyiv. Defense Express received from its own sources a photo of the wreckage of the missile that fell on the stadium within the ... Read more

Ukrspecsystems, creators of Ukrainian UAVs LELEKA-100, PD-2 and SHARK UAV presented at the Brave1 exhibition its new drone – MiniShark, writes Militarnyi. MiniShark is a reconnaissance drone that can detect ground targets in the interests of artillery, special units and other parts of the ground forces. The radius of combat ... Read more

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine launched the defense-tech cluster BRAVE1 to accelerate the implementation of defense developments. This was stated in the agency’s message on Facebook. “BRAVE1 is a single platform for the cooperation of defense-tech companies, the state, and the military, as well as investors, volunteer funds, ... Read more

South Korea and the United States reached an agreement on the loan of 500,000 155 mm artillery rounds. This was reported by Reuters. Artillery rounds are consumables and are not usually borrowed with the hope of getting them back. But this kind of agreement is the most pleasant for South ... Read more

The US plans to double the production of 155-mm rounds, reaching the figure of 24 thousand ammunition per month by the end of 2023 and increase it 6 times within 5 years, writes Defense One with reference to Deputy Chairman of the US Department of the Army Gabe Camarillo. The ... Read more

During a joint press conference of Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren in Odesa, it was announced that the Netherlands will hand over two Alkmaar-class minehunter to the Navy of Ukraine, reports Militarnyi. Ukraine will receive these ... Read more

There is no official information, trailers or screenshots from Metro 4 yet. It is known that the game is in development since 2020, and the authors are trying to express his own traumatic experience and the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war in a new project. “We’ve never hidden the fact ... Read more

This is not news at all, because it is about the events that took place more than a month ago, on February 4-5, 2023, but quite active, despite the war, the involvement of Ukrainian developers in Global Game Jam, only confirms the manifestations of the new renaissance of the game ... Read more

Australian modder with the nickname Oh_Gaz created Antonov / Hostomel airport in the Microsoft Flight Simulator game. This is a very detailed model made on the basis of photos taken during various air shows of previous years, reports after the start of the full-scale war, satellite photos and communication of ... Read more

The Swiss military decommissions operational Rapier air defense systems and destroys them instead of handing them over to Ukraine, reports the Swiss publication NZZ. The Rapier is a short-range anti-aircraft missile and associated anti-aircraft missile complex developed by the British Aircraft Corporation in the mid-1960s. BAe Dynamics and then MBDA ... Read more

Finnish studio Rockodile and publisher Lesser Evil have launched a Kickstarter campaign of the game about Ukrainian military drone operators, Death From Above. In the game, you will control the wedding Mavic and drop explosive surprises on the russians and their equipment. Among the missions: destruction of headquarters and tanks ... Read more

DJI no longer manufactures AeroScope, the drone detection system that the russians may have used to track and target Ukrainian drone operators. A box now appears on the product page with the text: “The Aeroscope is no longer in production. For the latest in DJI technology, please view our product ... Read more

The German defense contractor Rheinmetall is in talks with the government about the possible construction of a tank factory in Ukraine. This is reported by Reuters citing the interview of the CEO of the company, Armin Papperger, to the Rheinische Post. “A Rheinmetall plant can be set up in Ukraine ... Read more

According to the spokesman of the Air Force of Ukraine Yurii Ihnat, quoted by Voice of America, two experienced pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine communicate with American specialists to investigate the level of knowledge and skills of Ukrainian military personnel who may be potentially involved in future training ... Read more

The Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov published on Twitter digital copies of the ministry’s official requests to Valve, Sony and Microsoft with a call to ban the sale of the russian game Atomic Heart. It’s a bad idea, and here’s why. Official requests to ban selling Atomic Heart game. ... Read more

For many years, Google has been developing the Google Fonts font library, which is actively used by developers of websites and Android applications. Unfortunately, the Golos font, developed by the russian company Paratype, was added to the Google library yesterday. 🌞 Google fonts news! 😎 New fontsPhudu, Glook, Labrada, Gajraj ... Read more

Following the attack of russian troops on February 24, 2022, both russia and Ukraine used blockchain technology to ensure funding for their military efforts, reports Elliptic (a company engaged in blockchain criminalistics). The study is based on data collected over the last year. On the anniversary of a full-scale invasion, ... Read more

From 01:40 to 03:45 at night on February 16, 2023, russian terrorists launched another massive missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. The enemy used 32 air and sea-based missiles, the air defense forces destroyed 16 of the 32 missiles. This was reported by Air Force Command of the ... Read more

There is information that Sweden received a request from Ukraine regarding the possible provision of Saab JAS 39 Gripen combat aircraft to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is reported by European Pravda with reference to the words of the Minister of Defense of Sweden, Paul Jonsson. “Yes. Of course, ... Read more

SpaceX said it had taken steps to prevent the Ukrainian military from using Starlink satellite internet to control drones during the war with Russia, writes Reuters. SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell said during a conference in Washington that the Starlink satellite Internet service, which provided the Ukrainian ... Read more