Ukraine army modernization

NV traced the military career of Mykhailo Drapatyi, Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief, from the first battles of Russia’s war in 2014 to his appointment as the country’s top general.

Ukraine's Defense Forces have begun deploying a deeply modernized version of the Soviet-era Strela-10 short-range air defense system, adapting the former frontline missile complex to counter modern aerial threats, NV reported on July 1.

They arrived quietly, without banners or slogans, carrying more experience than the system quite knew what to do with. For Stephen Charlton, callsign Teach, a former British Army officer with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, coming to Ukraine was neither a romantic gesture nor a search for adrenaline. It was a calculated decision shaped by anger, responsibility, and a belief that wars are won not only by numbers, but by how intelligently a country uses the people willing to fight for it.