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Russian Volunteer Force Highlights the Evolution of UAV Missions in Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/15/2025 | Comments Off on Russian Volunteer Force Highlights the Evolution of UAV Missions in Ukraine

Ukrainian Soldiers handling a Baba Yaga UAV. “Now everything that concerns combat UAVs is developing rapidly, if you stop, you…

Russia Continues To Adapt Training, Incorporating Lessons From Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/22/2025 | Comments Off on Russia Continues To Adapt Training, Incorporating Lessons From Ukraine

Russian soldiers training ostensibly using revised tactics, lessons learned during its operations in Ukraine. “The special military operation is the…

North Korea Tacitly Acknowledges Its Troops Are in Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/22/2025 | Comments Off on North Korea Tacitly Acknowledges Its Troops Are in Ukraine

“If there is such a thing…I think it will be an act conforming with the regulations of international law.” The…

The Evolution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/06/2024 | Comments Off on The Evolution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Ukraine

A Russian First-Person-View UAV with small payload attached. “One of the main military-technical components of combat actions in the special…

Sahelian States Sever Ties with Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/16/2024 | Comments Off on Sahelian States Sever Ties with Ukraine

Flag of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine. “The government of the Republic of Niger, in total solidarity with the…

Ukrainian Unmanned Aerial System Tactics

By Kevin O'Connell | 10/08/2024 |

In early June 2023, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive to retake lost territory and split Russian forces, requiring the enemy to…

How Ukraine Overcame the Transparent Battlefield to Achieve Operational Surprise in Kursk

By Kevin O'Connell | 09/19/2024 |

After 18 days of fighting, Ukrainian forces had occupied 490 square miles of Russian territory and continued to gain ground…

Russian Import-Substitution Impacts Armored Vehicle Production

By Kevin O'Connell | 09/11/2024 | Comments Off on Russian Import-Substitution Impacts Armored Vehicle Production

Typhoon K-4386 “Typhoon-VDV” at Armiya-2021. Issues in bringing the Typhoon-VDV to serial production, due to the number of imported components…

Russia Redeploys Military Police to Southern Syria

By Kevin O'Connell | 09/11/2024 | Comments Off on Russia Redeploys Military Police to Southern Syria

Map showing Syria, Israel, and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (1991). “The [Russian] Military Police has set up an additional post…

Armenia Hints It May Withdraw From Russia-Backed Regional Security Bloc

By Kevin O'Connell | 09/11/2024 | Comments Off on Armenia Hints It May Withdraw From Russia-Backed Regional Security Bloc

Monastery Valley in Armenia “Armenia will refrain from joining the CSTO Collective Security Council resolution of November 23, 2023 on…