Ukrainian troops are getting up to $10,000 in monthly bonuses for capturing soldiers or taking outposts

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Three Ukrainian soldiers hold rifles while training for trench warfare in Sumy.
Soldiers in Sumy train in a trench during the winter.

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A Russian warship sailing between England and France fired warning shots near a British civilian yacht

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The Admiral Grigorovich is anchored at a port in Sudan.
The Admiral Grigorovich, pictured here in Sudan, has been sailing in the English Channel as Russia's shadow fleet tankers come under threat from seizure by the UK.

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Only a quarter of US F-35s were fully mission-capable last year as maintenance and parts problems dragged down readiness, watchdog reports

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A US F-35 aircraft flies in a blue cloudy sky. A man points at it from the deck of a ship.
The F-35 is the world's costliest weapons program, and its readiness rates have been continually slipping in recent years.

US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Trent A. Henry

Ukrainian operators say troops don't need a bunch of different war robots. They need more services.

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A serviceman of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade 'Kholodnyi Yar' walks past a Ukrainian ground robotic system (UGV).
Ukrainian ground robot operators say they need more services for their platforms.

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More Big Tech execs are joining the Army Reserve as senior officers

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Tech industry executives Dane Knecht, Serkan Piantino, and Sam Pullara commissioned into the Army's reserve ranks at a military base in Virginia, June 10, 2026.
Tech industry executives Dane Knecht, Serkan Piantino, and Sam Pullara commissioned into the Army's reserve ranks at a military base in Virginia, June 10, 2026.

Sgt. Christopher Smith/US Army

Ukrainian soldiers have been ditching combat boots for what they call 'tactical Crocs' when they're off the front lines

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A hand holds up a pair of khaki rubber shoes with breathing holes in them against a set of wooden shelves that have a grey drone on them
Changing footwear is key for Ukrainian soldiers.

Dmytro "Liber" Zhluktenko

Ukraine's newest attack drones are delivering the kind of strikes that its HIMARS couldn't for years

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A soldier from a UAS crew of the Striletskyi special forces police battalion of the National Police in the Zaporizhzhia region assembles a Ukrainian GARA drone before a combat mission.
The GARA drone is an example of a Ukrainian drone capable of flying for dozens of miles. Equipped with some AI systems, it's a multifunctional platform.

Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Image

8 crew members are presumed dead after a B-52 bomber crashed at California's Edwards Air Force Base

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A B-52 stratofortress

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1.5 million Defense Department workers are now using the military's generative AI every day, Pentagon official says

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A laptop screen shows GenAI.mil, a US military AI program.
GenAI.mil is DoD's hub for artificial intelligence programs for US military personnel and workers.

US Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Smith

Watchdog says too few of the US Air Force's flying gas stations are ready to fly missions

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An airman unloads cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker, in Bangor, Maine,, June 3, 2026.
An airman unloads cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker.

Andrew Sinclair/US Air Force

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