frontline missions

Ukrainian SOF evacuate soldier who spent weeks trapped in gray zone - video

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) rescued a Ukrainian soldier in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, who was unable to reach Ukrainian defense positions for several weeks, the military reported on Jan. 30.

30 January, 11:11 AM

How Ukrainian ground robots fight, deliver weapons, and save lives

Ukraine is pushing humans out of the most dangerous zones of the battlefield, deploying ground robots to take on logistics, evacuation, and combat tasks, Yurii Poritskyi, CEO of DevDroid, explained in a big interview with NV.

7 January, 11:06 AM

Ukrainian infantry bring back Russian POW after 130-day defense - video

Two 93rd Brigade fighters with the codenames Bars and K2 successfully returned with a Russian POW after holding a position near Konstantynivka for 130 days, the military reported on Dec. 23.

23 December 2025, 01:57 PM

Ukraine fields robot crews for logistics, medevac and combat - NV exclusive

NV, with the help of military personnel and engineer-developers, assessed how battles on the front are turning into a “robot war,” and analyzed whether the Ukrainian Armed Forces are ready for it.

15 October 2025, 01:11 PM

Ukrainian strikes force Russia to sideline tank attacks - ISW

The pace of Russian tank losses on the battlefield continues to decline, reaching the lowest levels in June and July 2025 since the war outbreak, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Aug. 10.

11 August 2025, 02:19 PM

Ukrainian troops improvise to save their wounded comrade, deliver e-bike under fire

Ukraine’s National Guard's Rubizh brigade carried out a daring frontline operation to rescue a wounded soldier by delivering an electric bicycle to him using a drone, the soldiers shared on YouTube on July 30.

4 August 2025, 03:35 PM

Kyiv invests in AI to shield drone operators from frontline danger

Artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually allow drone operators to be completely removed from the battlefield, Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine on July 14.

14 July 2025, 02:22 PM

Ukraine’s drone mastery overwhelms Russia’s numerical superiority

Russian forces have a numerical advantage in deploying fiber-optic drones, but Ukrainian defenders surpass them in skill and tactical use, Ihor Raikov, The 13th Khartiia Brigade's drone unit head, said at National News broadcast on July 10.

10 July 2025, 11:33 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

Colombian veteran shares his battlefield code in Ukraine

Edwin, a Colombian military veteran with the call sign “Thanos,” is no stranger to war. A former border guard with 10 years of service in Colombia’s armed forces, he fought powerful criminal groups, survived gunfights, and earned the Colombian Struggle Medal and the Sword of Freedom. But when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Edwin didn’t hesitate—he resigned from his military post and volunteered to defend a country he’d never been to.

9 April 2025, 11:55 AM

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