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The War Zone Kyiv says a new weapon destroyed the Russian SAM system, others state it was a land-attack version of the Neptune missile. Ukraine may have used a new weapon in this week’s attack on a Russian S-400 Triumpf SAM system in occupied Crimea. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, […]

The War Zone Ukraine appears to have taken another small step in its counteroffensive, pushing further south toward Crimea. Ukraine MOD Ukraine continues to make slow progress in its counteroffensive, especially on the Zaporizhzhia axis in the push south toward Melitopol, officials in Kyiv and Washington are saying. It’s an assessment at least partially shared

The War Zone After language proficiency training in Texas next month, several pilots and dozens of maintainers will head to Tucson to work with F-16s. Air National Guard In a move to help ensure a steady pipeline of capable pilots and maintainers for the dozens of F-16 Vipers that have been promised to Ukraine, the

The War Zone Cluster shells offers a source of ideal ammunition for Ukrainian drones, but they are also badly needed for their traditional application. Capture via Twitter Ukrainians are now breaking down some of the U.S.-made cluster munition artillery shells they’ve recently received to repurpose the submunition bomblets they carry as improvised weapons to be

The War Zone Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said it carried out a raid on Crimea a day after it destroyed a key SAM system at same location. Screenshot. Ukraine Defense Intelligence Directorate screencap Early in the morning on the second Independence Day after Russia’s all-out invasion of its country, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) says it

The War Zone Claims swirl around a Mi-8 combat transport helicopter and its crew that ended up in Ukrainian hands. Anna Zvereva/Wikimedia Commons In what’s probably one of the more remarkable stories to come out of the Russia-Ukraine air war, reports emerged today of an apparent defection to Ukraine by a Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS,

The War Zone After two months of fighting, Ukraine’s 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade says it broke through heavy Russian defenses and entered Robotyne. Ukraine MoD Ukraine’s 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade says it entered the strategic Zaporizhzhia Oblast town of Robotyne Tuesday with the help of Bradley Fighting Vehicles and rescued civilians under heavy fire. “Two

The War Zone Russia now admits one of its aircraft was “damaged’ in a drone attack using a “copter type” at a Tu-22M bomber base. Uncredited Soltsy-2 airbase, which is home to Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire swing-wing bombers, was hit by a drone strike yesterday. Images of black smoking billowing from the base further solidified those