Military & Defense
The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter is encouraging other Russians to do the same, promising they'll be taken care of for life
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine published an interview with a man it identified as the pilot in which he discussed how he escaped Russia.
Meet Zelenskyy's pick for Ukraine's new defense minister, who's been deeply involved with Russian negotiations and prisoner exchanges
In March 2022, Rustem Umerov experienced symptoms of poisoning while he was involved in peace negotiations with Russia
Photos show miles of Russia's infamous 'dragon's teeth' defenses that are holding up Ukrainian forces
Ukraine's security service shared photos of the fortifications with CNN as Ukrainian troops try to break through dense Russian fortifications.
A Ukrainian-made missile that could hit targets 930 miles inside Russia is nearly ready, says top security official
The new Ukrainian-made missile will hit targets from 620 to 930 miles within Russian territory, a top security official said.
Chinese nationals posing as tourists have accessed US military bases and other sensitive sites: report
Chinese nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, infiltrated US military bases and other sensitive sites at least 100 times in the past few years, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The US is growing increasingly frustrated with Ukraine's tactics. It could put the counteroffensive in jeopardy.
Some US officials have advised Ukraine to revise its tactics after failing to progress in its counteroffensive, but there could be consequences.
Ukraine has a new weapon in its fight against Russia — 100 Cold War-era German tanks designed by Porsche
The Leopard 1A5 battle tank entered service in the 1980s and was last used by the German army in 2000.
The US and Chinese air forces are rethinking whether it's possible to control the air
US and Chinese military strategists are realizing that the ability to control the air at "all times over all areas" may be a thing of the past.
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Russia to recruit foreigners in neighboring countries to beef up its army depleted by 300,000 war casualties, says the UK Defense Ministry
Russia's war casualties are approaching 300,000, say US officials, and Putin wants to avoid an unpopular domestic mobilization.
AOC says the US should apologize for its history of interventions in Latin America: 'It's very hard for us to move forward when there is this huge elephant in the room'
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez told The Guardian it is essential that the US reflect on its previous decisions to overthrow governments that it saw as threats.
Ukraine's military shared video of the moment it says one of its aerial drones sank a Russian naval vessel
Ukraine said the attack killed six Russian "occupiers," a claim that could not be independently verified.
The Ukraine War has accelerated research into lithium-ion battery alternatives, including ones made of sand
The lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars are marred by child labor and environmental concerns. Some say plain old sand is the solution.
As Ukraine's air force dodges Russian missiles, the US and its allies are practicing to keep their jets flying while under attack
US Air Force officials have seen how effective Ukraine's air force has been at moving its jets around, and they want to be just as good at it.
Ukraine could have modified its anti-ship missiles into a long-range weapon to wreak havoc against Russian targets on land, report says
A modified R-360 Neptune anti-ship cruise missile likely destroyed a highly-prized Russian missile system in Crimea, reports say.
Russia will run out of all its best soldiers, says top Ukraine general
Ukraine's Brig Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskiy told The Observer that Ukraine has broken Russia's first and strongest defense line and expected faster gains.
Ukraine arrested the oligarch who owns the TV station that aired Volodymyr Zelenskyy's show before he became president
Ihor Kolomoisky is being held for two months on fraud and money laundering charges as part of an anti-corruption drive, Ukraine's security service said.
Pro-Putin bloggers are posting propaganda videos from the Ukrainian frontlines — and say they're making big money
One blogger with more than 1.3 million followers on Telegram told BBC News he could earn close to $2,000 for a single post.
The Biden administration wants to know if Saudi Arabia used American weapons to kill 'hundreds' of migrants
Human Rights Watch has accused Saudi Arabia of killing "hundreds" of migrants and asylum seekers near the Yemen border.
'Frag out!': Dramatic helmet-cam footage appears to show US volunteers of Ukraine's Chosen Company clearing a Russian trench
Video shows the moment English-speaking volunteers fighting for Ukraine stormed a Russian trench, firing machine guns and throwing grenades.
Nobel Prize foundation bars Russia from awards ceremony after 'strong reactions'
In a statement, the Nobel Foundation said the controversy over its invite to Russia had "completely overshadowed" its goal of promoting peace.
NATO-trained Ukrainian recruits admit they're being overpowered by Russia's battle-hardened troops in the northern sector, Kyiv Independent reports
"Everything is not like what you read on the news," one disheartened Ukrainian soldier fighting east of Kharkiv told the Kyiv Independent.
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Russia's new 'sea of fire' tactic makes it even more treacherous for Ukraine to clear minefields, report says
Russia is using drones to drop grenades on minefields and create a "sea of fire and explosions," Ukrainian marines told the New York Times.
Russia is massively expanding its arsenal of drones, and Moscow's unmanned attacks on Ukraine are likely to only get bigger
Experts say Russia will likely intensify its attacks against Ukraine this winter as Moscow boosts its domestic production of drones.
US to send controversial armor-piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine
Depleted armor-piercing uranium shells are not considered nuclear weaponry, but contain low levels of radiation.
Former generals weigh in on how much say the US should have in Ukraine's counteroffensive as Kyiv's frustration with critics boils over
Ukraine says "no one understands this war better than we do," and many former generals agree: The West should listen to Kyiv.
Top Ukrainian commander, famed for fighting alongside his troops, killed in action near Bakhmut
Colonel Serhii Ilnytskyi was killed near Bakhmut. The Ukrainian commander was known for leading from the front when his soldiers went into action.
Why Ukraine is able to embarrass Russia's air defense systems, among the most advanced in the world, with small drones
Most of Russia's air defense systems were made to identify and destroy larger targets like missiles and aircraft rather than drones, an analyst said.
Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south has achieved 'some success against that 2nd line of Russian defenses,' top US official says
Ukraine has broken the first line of Russian defenses in some places and has had "some success" against the second, US official John Kirby said.
Russia's front line defenses are so dangerous that Ukraine has to clear a path up to 10 miles wide to shatter them
Ukraine needs to bust through extensive minefields, trenches, and artillery to get its Western-made tanks and vehicles behind the Russian front.
Ukraine has a key bridge in its sights, and Russia is throwing whatever it can, from sunken ships to smoke screens, into trying to defend it
Russia appears to be throwing whatever it can into trying to defend the Kerch Bridge from Ukraine's deadly navy of exploding drone boats.
Ukraine's spy chief reveals how Russia's Il-76 airlift planes were targeted and destroyed in an attack launched from inside its own territory
"We are working from the territory of Russia," Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence, told The War Zone in an interview.
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The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative
The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons "slaughterbots."
Russia and Ukraine are fighting the kind of drone war the US military has been worrying about, and it's scrambling to prepare for a future that's already here
In the decades after World War II, US troops rarely had to worry about enemy aircraft. Recent wars have shown that they no longer have that luxury.
Video shows 2 Russian helicopters and a jet failing to take out a small Ukrainian drone, Ukraine says
Russian helicopters and a jet couldn't shoot down a Ukrainian drone over Crimea after trying multiple times, per video released by Ukraine's military.
The wreckage of the Titanic was found 38 years ago during a secret US Navy mission to recover nuclear submarines
The Titanic was found on September 1, 1985, during a Navy search for two missing nuclear submarines. Discovering the wreckage was just a bonus.
Russian hackers broke into Ukrainian battlefield tech, pillaging data from Android devices: intel agencies
Malware called Infamous Chisel targeted Ukrainian soldiers' Android devices to try get battlefield data, the US and other countries said.
Ukrainian weapons can now hit targets 430 miles away, Zelenskyy says, threatening to bring the war deeper inside Russia's borders
It follows Ukraine launching a series of attacks on cities and military targets in Russia, apparently aimed at sapping Russian morale.
4 Russian Il-76 transport planes were damaged in a fiery blaze after a Ukrainian drone strike hit a Russian airfield more than 400 miles from the border
The strike comes as Ukraine ramps up its attacks against Russia in an effort to bring the war home for Moscow.
South Korea is working on an 'arsenal ship' in case it has to shower North Korea with missiles
The US Navy gave up on building an arsenal ship in the 1990s. For South Korea, the idea of a "Joint Firepower Ship" has new appeal.
Russia sank ships to protect a key bridge from Ukraine's naval drones. It might not be enough to keep the small exploding vessels from hitting their targets.
Russia is sinking its ships to protect Kerch Bridge from drone boats, but one expert told Insider that smaller vessels could still hit their target.
Ukrainian snipers hunting top enemy commanders are exploiting one of the Russian military's biggest vulnerabilities
Russia's top-down, officer-centric command leaves the army vulnerable to confusion and paralysis if a senior military leader is killed.
Video shows a Ukrainian soldier celebrating after his first-person-view drone slams into a Russian military truck from behind
A video shared by Ukraine's Ministry of Defense shows a soldier's reaction to his first-person-view exploding drone striking a Russian SUV in the Kharkiv region.
Ukrainian forces have pushed into the main line of Russian defenses, where they face a maelstrom of threats
Months into the offensive, Ukrainian forces are pushing against the main line, where they face formidable minefields, trenches, and anti-tank hurdles.
Forget the Deep State. Trump is at war with the whole state
Trump's attacks have entered a dangerous new phase, seeking to delegitimize not just the "deep state" but the idea of legitimate government itself.
Newly surfaced video of Wagner boss Prigozhin shows him joking about his own death days before his fatal plane crash
"I am doing fine," Yevgeny Prigozhin says in the short video, which appears to have been captured in mid-August but only emerged this week.
Video shows Ukraine blowing up its new 'cardboard' drones in a test attack on a dummy target
Interest in the Corvo PPDS "cardboard" drone has spiked since claims it was used to damage five Russian aircraft in Kursk.
A Ukrainian group says it's wreaking havoc on Russian occupiers, from directing missile strikes to trolling them with the national anthem
The National Resistance Center has perpetrated acts of sabotage in Russian-occupied territory, shifting its focus to violent resistance.
Russian hardliners are fuming that the Kremlin wasn't able to stop a string of embarrassing attacks on home soil
Russia's military bloggers are worried after increasing drone strikes in Russia, including some that have damaged and destroyed military aircraft.
Russia is likely rethinking its air defenses, UK intel says, after a string of embarrassing strikes deep within its territory
Russia may have to bolster its air defense around its airfields in the midst of a spate of drone attacks far from the Ukraine border, the UK said.
Ukraine showed off experimental new land drones, including one mounted with a turret
Ukraine shared images of new drones, promising that they would deployed "soon", though without giving a precise timeline.