Civil aviation news
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August 17, 2026
Russia reportedly intercepting nearly all of Ukraine's Flamingo missiles with A-50U aircraft support
An open-source survey indicates ten of the 11 FP-5 missiles launched since July would have... The post Russia reportedly intercepting nearly all of Ukraine's Flamingo missiles with aircraft…
The absence of air superiority by Russian or Ukrainian forces since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the lack of U.S. air superiority over Iran point to a future in […]
The war in Ukraine is, without doubt, a perfect laboratory for testing the state of the art of current weapons systems and logistics, but we must not carry out a biased analysis or…
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A rare video from the early months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has drawn renewed attention on social media, showing a Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter taking off from atop an…
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the future of certain weapon systems has been called into question from various sides, the tank among them. Despite all the doomsaying…
A platoon of Ukrainian soldiers issued an appeal to military leadership asking for help, saying they had spent more than four months without rotation on the front line,...
The statement does specify that the equipment intended for exhibitions will no longer be combat-capable and will be stripped of explosive components. Ukraine already uses…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The shifting paradigms of modern warfare and global defense exports have introduced a startling new geopolitical dynamic,... The post Ukraine’s Fire…
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August 16, 2026
Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh went from making flower pots to running Ukraine's largest arms maker. The production fix behind the FP-1 strike drone.
From the Liqui Moly depot destroyed in Kyiv to gas, factories, wages and public budgets: since 2022 the war has redrawn the continent's economic balance…
August 15, 2026
How Antonov survived multiple devastating crises and has ambitions to one day return to producing military transports led by its modernized An-178.
This variant has undergone around 15 test launches and is currently being certified by Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, a process estimated to take between two and four…
Article published by Il Fatto Quotidiano (original title: "Anchorage and those who mistake time for Ukrainian lives") on August 13. A year ago, on August 15…
August 14, 2026
In over 4 years of war in Ukraine, 780,465 weapons have vanished without a trace, mostly supplied by the United States and European nations to support…
Kyiv says North Korea plans to send up to 50,000 fighters to fight alongside Moscow. The new contingent would give valuable experience to the Kim Jong-un regime. … (DW) North Korea…
Venezuela draws on lessons from Ukraine and puts AI and drones at the centre of its military modernisation.
Venezuela embraces Ukraine's lessons, placing AI and drones at the center of its military modernization.
Applications are now open for the DefTech Forges technology challenges under the Ukraine/European Union BraveTech EU grant programme. The programme’s primary goal is to identify The post…
Ukraine brings operational experience and technology. Europe, the funding. Its manufacturers, additional production capacity. Since mid-July, the three worlds have been coming together at the…
Ukrainian airline Sky Up Airlines is expanding its route network from Moldova's capital airport in the 2027 summer schedule with four new direct European connections. From 28…
Sky Up Airlines is expanding its route network from Chișinău with four destinations in the 2027 summer schedule. From 28 May, the Ukrainian airline will fly twice weekly to Milan-Bergamo and…
The European call places special emphasis on platform autonomy and the ability to coordinate several drones. The third challenge concerns modular UAV systems, with technologies…
August 13, 2026
67.2% of Poles support the idea of expelling unemployed Ukrainian men. This is revealed by a survey conducted by the Ibris institute for the newspaper Rzeczpospolita, reported…
Bills set to rise in September, with annual costs up 23% for families and 54% for businesses. That’s according to Il Sole 24 Ore, which has…
The dispute over ports, export routes and the protection of urban centers reveals a war increasingly less driven by decisive territorial conquests and more marked by…
Failing to go fight the Russian Federation in Ukraine, these fighters will at least try to deter it from getting too close to Iceland. Since the end of last week…
August 12, 2026
In seeking to modernize its fleet of drones used to strike targets in Ukraine, Russia reportedly opted to reduce production of the Geran-3 models in order to redirect its…
Ukrainian drone manufacturer EDRONE has listed its BATON family of interceptor drones on Ukraine’s Brave1 Market, according to Ukraine’s Defender Media. The BATON range comprises The post EDRONE…
Pristina removed the large "Free Ukraine" banner that for four years had symbolised Kosovo's support for Kiev in the war against Russia, after the president...
August 11, 2026
After years of technical and tactical innovation, as well as collaboration between Ukrainian organizations and foreign agencies, Ukraine takes the next step in its long-range strike efforts…