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Export hurdles and visa waits for Ukrainian companies force Pentagon to slow its drone contest

One morning in June, the head of export at Ukrainian drone company Stellarion found himself unexpectedly in need of a U-Haul outside the Detroit Metro Airport in Michigan.

Stellarion was set to test its drones in front of American soldiers at a competition organized by the Pentagon at Camp Grayling,

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Starving residents of Oleshky must not become props in Russian propaganda

For months, desperate civilians remaining in the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky have been blockaded inside, as Russia severed food and medicine supplies to the city amid constant shelling, food shop closures, and reports of looting; many of the city's elderly and less mobile residents have been forced

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Ukrainians fled west for safety. Now Russian drones are following them

Andrii Mazur has spent 24 years with Ukraine's State Emergency Service in Volyn Oblast, but during all that time, nothing has compared to the situation that has unfolded in recent weeks.

He and his team have been dispatched to disaster areas eight times in seven days, operating round

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Ukrainian postal service forms private air defense force, shoots down Russian drones

Nova Poshta is the largest private postal and courier company in Ukraine, operating over 15,817 branches across the country, and employing over 34,000 people. Its post offices and distribution centers have frequently come under Russian attack.

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,581,840 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Russia has lost 1,581,840 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Oct. 27.

The number includes 1,400 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the

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New report tracks how Russia helps China build better drones

The investigation found that Russian designs for rocket-launched drones likely helped shape weapons China unveiled in 2025 and that Russian wind tunnels kept testing aircraft models for China's top arms maker after the invasion of Ukraine.

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