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US President, Donald Trump, came to the Oval Office on Thursday evening to report to the press about the dialogue he had with Vladimir Putin a few hours earlier. The American leader was asked about the potential delivery of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, for which Volodymyr Zelensky came to discuss in Washington on Friday. “We talked a bit about the Tomahawks. We need them for the United States. They are very powerful weapons, we have many, but we need them, we can’t deplete our stocks,” said the American president. He hinted that he joked about this topic – the potential…
American companies from the defense sector — Epirus and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) — have unveiled an autonomous robotic system called Leonidas AR, designed to neutralize swarms of enemy drones. Leonidas AR combines the high-power microwave (HPM) weapon Leonidas, developed by Epirus, with a tracked, armored vehicle, the Tracked Robot 10-ton (TRX), produced by GDLS. The partnership was announced ahead of the official presentation at the annual meeting and exhibition of the United States Army Association (AUSA), reports Interesting Engineering. According to the companies, the system can simultaneously disable multiple drones through powerful electromagnetic pulses: the burst of energy…
The American company Oshkosh Defense unveiled at the AUSA 2025 exhibition a family of multi-mission autonomous vehicles FMAV (Family of Multi-mission Autonomous Vehicles). The largest model in the family, the X-MAV platform, is capable of transporting and launching Tomahawk cruise missiles, and analysts say that the launch of these systems could accelerate the delivery of long-range weaponry to Ukraine. Oshkosh presents these solutions as being ready for mass production, intended to strengthen precision fire capacity over long distances, provide mobility in difficult conditions and ensure scalable autonomy. The platforms are also compatible with MLRS family ammunition, PrSM missiles, and Switchblade…
Ukrainian air defense is endangered by autumn weather, as rain and clouds mask Russian Shahed-type drones, reports Kyiv Independent. President Volodymyr Zelensky recently stated, after an attack by Russia, that the effectiveness of Ukraine’s air defense has decreased by “20-30%”, due to the cloudy sky, according to Reuters. As a result, more and more Russian drones are managing to bypass defense – hitting Ukrainian cities and killing or injuring civilians. Soldiers from Ukrainian mobile air groups confirm that bad weather poses a challenge. Many units use rudimentary anti-aircraft technology, such as Browning machine guns mounted on pickup trucks, and rely…
Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish Foreign Minister, warned Europe that Russia could “strike, unfortunately, deep into Europe”, describing the neglect of building defense systems as “irresponsible”. “We should be prepared to counter this, so I believe it would be irresponsible not to build anti-drone and drone capabilities these days”, he said, standing next to the Iranian drone displayed in a room of the House of Commons. In London to present an Iranian Shahed-136 drone shot down in Ukraine, Sikorski urged European countries to “hold their ground” in terms of support for Ukraine, saying he hopes that US President Donald Trump will…
On the eastern front of Ukraine, in the area of the Serebranka locality in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian military observers have noticed an unusual strategy of the Russian army. Instead of conquering and consolidating positions, Moscow’s troops move chaotically through a vast “gray zone” – a disputed territory where no one really controls the ground, shows the updated map from the DeepState platform. Russia constantly presses on the contact line, without remaining in positions. Its units infiltrate from Hrihorivka, along the Siverski Donets River, through Serebranka and up to Dronivka. The attacks come in small waves – infantry groups, sometimes…
The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, a loyal ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has warned Donald Trump that if the United States were to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles, it would mean “nuclear war,” reported The Independent. The leader of the White House is reportedly considering a request from Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, regarding the delivery of Tomahawk missiles, which have a range of about 1,500 miles. These would allow Kiev to strike much deeper into Russian territory, targeting strategic objectives such as enemy infrastructure, military bases, and the invader’s ammunition factories. According to the cited source, Volodymyr Zelensky…
The Russian government has approved a bill that grants Russian President Vladimir Putin the authority to call upon reservists not only in times of war or official mobilization, but also in peacetime, including operations abroad, according to Agerpres. Russia, reminds in this context United24Media.com, launched the invasion in Ukraine without an official declaration of war, Moscow calling the offensive in the neighboring state a “special military operation”. Where Russian reservists can be sent According to the provisions of the respective bill, citizens included in the mobilization reserve could be used in missions related to defense during armed conflicts, anti-terrorist operations…
Aliona Solomonova, the daughter of the head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff (GRU), Igor Kostiukov, rakes in millions of dollars from government contracts with firms and companies within the military-industrial complex, writes the publication “Metla”, as picked up by The Moscow Times. Solomonova controls the company Electroshield-ETS, which supplies electrical equipment for the Ministry of Defense and military enterprises. Among the regular clients of the company are the Regional Center JSC Nord-Vest of the Air and Space Defense Concern Almaz-Antey – Obukhov Plant, a company under the economic sanctions imposed by the West. Another…
The political instability in France, fueled by the repeated failures of President Emmanuel Macron in forming stable governmental coalitions, risks turning into a real factor of imbalance for the entire European construction. Deprived of a parliamentary majority and surrounded by a polarized political class, the French leader seems, according to an analysis published by The Sunday Times, to dangerously approach the moment when he will completely lose control over the mechanisms of governance. British economist David Marsh describes Macron as a leader “artificially kept alive”, and the increasingly visible gap between his international ambitions and the lack of concrete results…