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COLUMN: Basic Level — How Ukraine Is Finally Industrializing Its Drone War in 2026
On June 30, 2026, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced the launch of Phase 1 of the Basic Level project. Starting in

REPORT: 90% of Russian missiles carry Japanese parts — Kyiv demands Tokyo close the gap
On June 30, 2026, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukraine's presidential commissioner for sanctions, revealed through the Japanese outlet 47News citing Kyodo News a damning

ESSAY: The United Kingdom reinvents its army around Ukraine's lessons — £300 billion at stake
On June 30, 2026, Keir Starmer traveled to a drone factory in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to present what he described as a "record

INVESTIGATION: SCALP missiles manufactured in Ukraine — a Franco-Kyiv deal reshaping the war
On June 29, 2026, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov used a word that had never been spoken in this context before: "progress."

COMMENTARY: Ukrainian drones strangle Russian logistics at 205 km — Luhansk trembles
On June 30, 2026, the unmanned systems battalion of the 3rd Ukrainian Assault Brigade struck Russian logistics targets in the occupied Luhansk

EDITORIAL: The Talion Is Codified — Ukraine Arms Its Soldiers With a Double-Edged Drone
On July 1, 2026, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence officially codified the Talion drone and authorized its operational use in the Ukrainian

OPEN LETTER: ZIRKA, You're Worth $2,000 and You're Changing the Drone War
Since June 2026, a new name has been circulating in defense technology circles: ZIRKA. It is not a cruise missile, it is

DECODING: 194 Russian air defense systems destroyed — and Ukraine has no intention of slowing down
On June 29 and 30, 2026, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces published a tally that deserves to be read slowly: 194 elements of

NARRATIVE: The night Ukraine struck the brain of Russian missiles in Penza
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, Ukraine carried out a surgically precise strike against a target that most