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Russian barrage injures infant, hit homes, schools in Nikopol

A four-month-old girl was hospitalized in serious condition after a Russian shelling of the Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhiy Lysak reported on Telegram on Aug. 4.

4 August 2025, 09:35 AM

Ukraine begins mass use of robotic systems to assault Russian positions

Ukrainian units began testing assaults on Russian positions with unmanned systems about two years ago, and such operations are now nearing widespread use, said Oleksandr, call sign Electryc, commander of the ground robotic systems company of the 93rd Motorized Rifle Brigade, in a joint project by Radio NV and the Ground Forces on July 13.

13 July 2025, 02:56 PM

UN: Russia uses drones to hunt non-combatants

Russian First Person View (FPV) drone operators violate the core international humanitarian law (IHL) principles of distinction and precaution by intentionally targeting civilians who show no signs of direct participation in hostilities, United Nation Human Rights monitoring mission reported on June 26.

27 June 2025, 06:58 AM

Ukraine faces Russia’s new mine-laying drone strategy — video

Russian forces are using a new cynical tactic in their war against Ukraine — mining roads with FPV drones, Black Swan assault battalion of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment reported on June 22.

23 June 2025, 10:16 AM

Ukraine races to produce cheap Shahed drone-killers

Ukrainian counter-unmanned aircraft FPV system (C-UAS) may become the only effective interceptor of Iranian-designed Russian Shahed attack drones amid a significant increase in UAVs launched by the enemy, which could potentially reach up to 1,000 drones per night, Defense Express wrote on June 19.

19 June 2025, 01:20 PM

Border guards reveal Russia’s new cynical tactics using FPV drones — video

Russian invaders are targeting civilian vehicles and setting up ambushes with FPV drones, particularly in Donetsk Oblast, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) reported on June 13.

13 June 2025, 03:03 PM

How Russia aims to shake Sumy and how Ukraine can stop them — Yevhen Dykyi

The situation near Sumy Oblast border remains tense with no current need for evacuation, officials said Monday, though OSINT analysts report Russian forces are advancing to within 20 kilometers of the city. Yevhen Dykyi — a veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war, former company commander of the Aidar Battalion, and current director of the National Antarctic Research Center — discussed the risks of this advance on air with Radio NV on June 9.

9 June 2025, 12:39 PM

Ukraine's drone war gets gamified: Why 'Bonus points for kills' is more than a morale booster

Somewhere along the front lines of Ukraine's brutal war for survival, a soldier scribbles a number on a whiteboard: 3 BMPs, 11 infantry, 2 motorcycles. It’s not idle statistics or for morale. It’s the tally of kills to be submitted to Delta — the military's situational awareness system. If the kills are properly verified by video, the unit gets 'bonuses.' Not medals or days off. Drones.

8 June 2025, 11:04 PM

How foreign fighters train for trench and drone warfare in Ukraine

A raging spirit of fire, rising like a falcon from a storm of lightning. That’s Raroh—an elemental weapon from Slavic mythology, wielded by wrathful gods to scorch forests and steppes. It’s also the chosen callsign of Staff Sergeant Raroh, a platoon commander and tactical training instructor in Ukraine’s 4th International Legion. But there are no flaming feathers here—just multi-cam fatigues and a voice that radiates calm.

8 June 2025, 07:58 PM

Ihnat comments on Russian efforts to protect aviation from Ukrainian drones

Russian aviation suffered significant losses in the successful SBU operation "Cobweb," with tires and drawings on the runways failing to protect the occupiers' planes, Yuriy Ihnat, head of the communications department of Ukraine's Air Force Command, said during the "United News" telethon on June 5.

5 June 2025, 07:10 PM

Russia plans to repair aircraft hit in Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb

During Ukraine's Operation Cobweb, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russian aircraft "were not completely destroyed," according to an interview with TASS on June 5.

5 June 2025, 12:55 PM

Russians advance quickly in Sumy Oblast according to DeepState

Russian forces continue to advance in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast using large numbers of infantry, and the situation is critical due to the threat of shelling with fiber-optic FPV drones, the DeepState portal reported on June 4.

4 June 2025, 06:11 PM

Ukraine can produce 10 million drones per year — Defense Ministry

Ukraine's defense industry can produce up to 10 million drones annually, Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Kozenko said at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore, according to the Defense Ministry’s website on June 2.

2 June 2025, 05:39 PM

Western diplomats, military leaders, and analysts react to Ukraine’s bold Cobweb op

Diplomats, military figures, and other experts have actively responded to Ukraine's bold Cobweb operation striking Russia’s strategic aviation assets with an estimated total value of $7 billion on June 1.

2 June 2025, 11:55 AM

Ukraine’s audacious ‘Cobweb’ drone blitz cripples Putin’s nuclear bomber fleet

About 34% of Russia’s nuclear-capable strategic bombers stationed at four separate military bases across the country were targeted in an unprecedented operation “Cobweb” carried out by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) on June 1.

2 June 2025, 09:12 AM

Azov officer: Russia pushing through Pokrovsk axis with FPV drone strikes

Officer from Ukraine’s 12th Azov Brigade with the callsign Lyric speaks to Radio NV about Russia’s recent gains along the Pokrovsk-Toretsk axis and the Ukrainian Defense Forces' efforts to stabilize the front.

30 May 2025, 11:13 AM

Russia hits Kharkiv with RPG drone in first strike of its kind since invasion

Russian occupying forces used an FPV drone armed with an RPG-based warhead to strike Kharkiv for the first time since the full-scale invasion began, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said in a statement on May 26, citing attacks on the city between May 19 and 25.

26 May 2025, 08:16 PM

90% of Kupyansk destroyed by Russians, says local official

Ninety percent of the city of Kupyansk in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast has been destroyed by Russian invaders, the city’s military administration head, Andriy Besedin, said during the United News telethon on May 24.

24 May 2025, 10:39 PM

Russia has more FPV drones, but Ukraine can counter them, says Hero of Ukraine Vitaliy Lytvyn

Ukraine can counter Russian FPV drones, which currently outnumber Ukrainian drones, Hero of Ukraine Vitaliy Lytvyn, commander of the artillery reconnaissance division of the National Guard’s new artillery brigade, said on Radio NV on May 22.

22 May 2025, 06:39 PM

Russian drone strike kills woman, injures four in Kharkiv Oblast

A 55-year-old woman was killed and four men—ages 58, 49, 40, and 53—were wounded when a Russian FPV drone struck the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast, on May 16, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.

16 May 2025, 02:16 PM

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