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Ukrainian manufacturer pitches lower-cost answer to Patriot shortage
A Ukrainian missile producer says it is working with European partners on a new air-defence system intended to provide a cheaper response to one of the most difficult problems in the current war: the cost and scarcity of intercepting ballistic…
Romania’s delayed Watchkeeper X programme moves back into delivery phase
Romania’s troubled Watchkeeper X drone programme has moved back into a delivery phase after months of delay and public pressure from Bucharest, giving the country a badly needed procurement reset on NATO’s eastern flank. The immediate news peg came on…
Europe’s mini-jet engine bottleneck is constraining Ukraine’s deep-strike drone programme
Ukraine’s long-range strike drone effort is running into a practical constraint that sits well away from the front line: the supply of small turbojet engines. A fresh industry picture emerging on 7 April shows that specialist manufacturers across Europe are…
Ukraine says it struck Russian Black Sea platform as analysts point to possible first use of Swedish RBS-15
Ukraine’s armed forces said they struck Russian positions on the Syvash drilling platform in the Black Sea during the night of 6 April, in what Kyiv described as a coordinated operation involving the Ukrainian Navy and the Unmanned Systems Forces.…
China’s drone crackdown reveals the strategic limits of its low-altitude ambitions
China built the modern civilian drone industry. It dominates global manufacturing, supplies much of the world market, and has spent years presenting unmanned aviation as a pillar of future economic growth. Yet from 1 May 2026, the same country will…
Ukraine reports strike on Russian Kalibr-capable frigate in Novorossiysk
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said on 6 April that Ukrainian drones struck the Russian frigate Admiral Makarovduring a night operation against Novorossiysk, the Black Sea port that has become increasingly important to Russia’s fleet after repeated Ukrainian attacks on Crimea.…
Ukraine strikes Primorsk oil port and Kstovo refinery in renewed blow to Russian energy infrastructure
Ukraine widened its long-range campaign against Russian energy infrastructure on Sunday, with reported strikes on the Baltic oil hub of Primorsk and the NORSI refinery at Kstovo in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, according to Russian regional authorities and Reuters reporting.…
Sweden Commits $916 Million to Strengthen Air Defence Shield
Sweden is accelerating its military modernisation with a fresh multi-billion-krona investment in air defence, underlining how profoundly Europe’s security landscape has shifted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Stockholm announced on Thursday that it will procure air defence and anti-drone systems…
Ukraine’s drone campaign keeps pressure on Russian refining sector after Ufa strike
A fresh drone strike on the Bashneft refining complex in Ufa during the night of 2 April has underlined the continued vulnerability of Russia’s fuel infrastructure, despite repeated Russian attempts to present such incidents as limited or successfully contained. Russian…
Russia turns to students and skilled workers to reinforce drone warfare capacity
New recruitment drives across Russia show how the Kremlin is trying to sustain its war in Ukraine without declaring a broader mobilisation, by targeting technically trained students, drone operators and specialist workers with unusually large financial incentives. Russia is offering…