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Ukraine’s ex-defense minister blames procurement reforms for dismissal www.ft.com/content/09e9...
Ukraine’s ex-defence minister blames procurement reforms for dismissal
Fedorov interview offers his most detailed account of sacking that triggered wave of protest
ft.com
Russia's Rubicon Center latest stats on destroying Ukrainian UGVs - allegedly 2000 destroyed so far. Every month since June 2025 saw greater Rubicon activity against Ukrainian UGVs that are performing more and more logistics and supply missions. t.me/lost_armour/...
Heavily Armed with new weapons, #Ukraine Sea King helicopter at Farnborough Airshow #aviation www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Heavily Armed Ukrainian Sea King At Farnborough Airshow - Naval News
An armed helicopter on display at the Farnborough Airshow is representative of several being transferred from German stocks to Ukraine. The helicopters may be the first in the world upgraded with Shah...
navalnews.com
Exclusive: US, Ukraine Reach Breakthrough Agreement On Drone Cooperation www.rferl.org/a/us-ukraine...
Exclusive: US, Ukraine Reach Breakthrough Agreement On Drone Cooperation
The US and Ukraine have signed a statement of intent creating the first formal framework for cooperation on military drones, paving the way for Ukrainian combat drones to be exported to the US for tes...
rferl.org
Breaking: Heavily Armed Ukrainian Sea King At Farnborough Airshow Shahed killing interceptor drones #Aviation #Ukraine www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Heavily Armed Ukrainian Sea King At Farnborough Airshow - Naval News
A heavily armed helicopter on display at the Farnborough Airshow is almost certainly one of several being transferred from German stocks to Ukraine. The helicopters may be the first in the world upgra...
navalnews.com
Don’t have much time for covert shores updates, so here’s something I figured out. The Ukrainian Navy ‘Sargan-3000’ USV is what we also call a Sea Wolf. Annoying we have to navigate AI Slop which creates misinformation
Ukraine’s SBU visited another two sanctioned tankers off Novorossiysk, the Louise1 and the Banda. youtu.be/PwZKlr5o_vY
Морські дрони СБУ уразили танкери «тіньового флоту» рф «Louise 1» та «Banda» у Чорному морі
YouTube video by Служба безпеки України
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Check out this report and sound off on what you think about Ushkuynik - a new player in Russia's defense ecosystem.
@msnegovaya.bsky.social · 3w agoExcited to share our new @erep.csis.org report! Through an in-depth study of key Russian defense firms (UVZ, Almaz-Antey, KRET, Kalashnikov & Ushkuynik), we find that Russia has sustained a wartime production tempo across key defense sectors while rebuilding its military www.csis.org/analysis/reb...
Updated my War in Black Sea tracker www.hisutton.com/Timeline-202... Still some daily tallies of Ukrainian drone strikes on tankers et al in Sea of azov to add. But major developments in past few days.
Marines open units on East and West Coast to focus on drone warfare taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
Marines open units on East and West Coast to focus on drone warfare
The new units are part of a wider Marine Corps effort to adapt to new battlefield conditions as small drones become prolific in war zones.
taskandpurpose.com
LNG export infra for Russian ports from Chinese yards.
David@puca.bsky.social · 4w agoJust the one non-AIS contact visible in this mornings Sentinel 1 pass over BRIGHT OCEAN and GLORY OCEAN. So leaning towards those previous instances being echoes, but still leaves open the question of the identity of the third vessel. @flattopfiesta.bsky.social
Change in official Russian narrative - “War vs SMO.” On July 6, 2026, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov emphasized that “A war is underway—a real war. Do you know why it is a war? Because it began as a special military operation. It now continues as a war." newkaliningrad.ru/news/briefs/...
Песков про СВО на Украине: «Это настоящая война»
По словам пресс-секретаря президента, конфликт только начинался как спецоперация.
newkaliningrad.ru
New Covert Shores article - Russian Zala ‘Kama’ Surface Drone (USV): www.hisutton.com/Russian-Zala... A lot like Ukrainian surface drones
Bit of an update www.hisutton.com/Strike-on-Mo...
Identification of Ukrainian Strike Drones in Attack on Moscow
Ukraine’s latest, and almost certainly the largest, strike on Moscow involved several types of deep strike drones (OWA-UAVs).The attacks, focusing on oil facilities (and possibly other strategic targe...
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Of great interest Been meaning to do a cutaway for a while now
ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 4w ago1/ Ukrainian drone manufacturer Fire Point's announcement that it has extended its FP-1 drone's range to 3,400 km (2,100 miles) is prompting alarm among Russian warbloggers. One notes that this puts many strategically vital industrial sites in Siberia within range. ⬇️
New article: Ukrainian Navy Reveals Unknown Underwater Drone (UUV) - www.hisutton.com/Ukrainian-Na...
Russian social media sites showing a Ukrainian Morok strike drone (OWA-UAV). The warhead's main charge is in a galvanised tube, with a 2-part layer around the outside. The front part of the outer layer is a compound with ball-bearings for fragmentation. The back part looks like an inceduary #OSINT
Stop, Police Sanctions! New article on the Ukrainian Surface Drone (USV) involved in the attack on the tankers yesterday www.hisutton.com/Ukrainian-US...
Ukrainian Drones Force Russia into Costly “Skynex” Clone Refinery Defense united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
Ukrainian Drones Force Russia into Costly “Skynex” Clone Refinery Defense
Russia's Rostec unveils the ZAK-30 "Citadel" anti-aircraft system to defend oil refineries from drone attacks.
united24media.com
Southern border is a ‘sandbox’ for counter-drone tech: NORTHCOM commander breakingdefense.com/2026/05/sout...
Southern border is a 'sandbox' for counter-drone tech: NORTHCOM commander - Breaking Defense
Gen. Guillot said that through JIATF 401, the US military is inviting industry partners to the border to show off their tech aimed at taking down adversary drones.
breakingdefense.com
Seabed Warfare Landscape: China deploys world’s first proper Offshore Data Centre (coords 30.5386, 121.7543) Here-> www.hisutton.com/Offshore-Dat... The implications on seabed warfare and protection of critical national infrastructure (CNI) need serious reflection
Major Russian attack on port of Odesa in Ukraine. Surface drones (USVs) aided by aerial drones (UAVs) Video from Russian UAVs
Russian Nuclear Submarines, Thousands of Miles From Ukraine, Get Anti-Drone Defenses New satelite imagery from @vantortech.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Russian Nuclear Submarines, Thousands of Miles From Ukraine, Get Anti-Drone Defenses - Naval News
New satellite imagery reveals anti-drone protections around Russian nuclear submarines, suggesting commanders fear that Ukrainian surprise attacks threaten even their most remote naval assets.
navalnews.com
"mining"
Euromaidan Press@euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 3mo agoA Ukrainian An-12B flew on to Libya after a 24-hour hold in Trinidad over 7,656 kilograms of explosives, its manifest had listed as nil. The crew stated the load was for mining and quarrying, and it worked. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/17/t...
Catching up on Covert Shores blog, a couple more Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) -> www.hisutton.com/Ukraine-USV-...
Russian military is using camouflage nets that apparently disguise their vehicles as a pile of bricks and garbage. t.me/onf_front/13...
