How an obscure EV tax accidentally cost Ukraine thousands of battle bots this year

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A small uncrewed buggy navigates the streets of a wartorn village.
A ground drone delivers supplies in the streets of Kostyantynivka in Donetsk.

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Russia says its new anti-drone turret fires programmable rounds that calculate when to explode

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Ukrainian soldiers of the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade carry a Heavy Shot UAV across a field in May 2026.
As drones like this Ukrainian Heavy Shot swarm the battlefield, Russia says it's making a new turret to shoot them down with programmable airburst rounds.

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A Ukrainian crew said its Italian tank gun hit a house that was 120 football fields away

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Two Italian soldiers look out from a B1 Centauro turret.
Ukrainians said they used a B1 Centauro, an Italian tank destroyer, to strike a house with Russian soldiers some seven miles away.

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Ukrainians tricked out their long-range exploding drones to unleash rocket fire on Russian air defenses

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White rocket streaks hurtle toward a ground target.
Ukrainian troops posted drone-camera footage of rockets appearing to fly from the wings of the uncrewed aircraft toward a Russian naval base.

Unmanned Systems Forces and Magyar Birds

Russia was facing monthslong delays in anti-jam antennas. Now it's putting them on foam decoys for Shaheds.

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A Gerbera is seen on display at a Ukrainain booth in 2025.
Gerberas, such as the one seen here, are typically decoys for Russia's version of the Shahed attack drone.

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These are the 3 drones Ukraine used to pierce Moscow's air defense gauntlet in its biggest attack yet

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Two angles of smoke billowing from an oil facility in Moscow that came under attack.
Ukraine said it had struck multiple targets in Moscow, including an oil pumping station, with its long-range drones.

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Hundreds of Russian Shaheds are descending on Ukraine in the daytime, signaling a new kind of warfare

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A Ukrainian man crouches as he holds a P1-Sun interceptor drone and prepares it for launch.
A Ukrainian prepares a P1-Sun interceptor drone ahead of incoming Shahed attacks.

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Moscow is banning almost everyone from posting on social media about damage from Ukraine's drone strikes

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Putin and Sobyanin hold candles and speak at an Orthodox Easter Service.
The office of Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, pictured left, introduced the new measure on Wednesday.

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Ukraine is giving us a glimpse of what its battle-hardened, postwar workforce could look like

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Two Ukrainian soldiers train in a snow-covered trench.
Ukrainian infantry soldiers from the 156th Brigade train at a snow-covered training ground in Kharkiv.

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Ukraine released new videos of its local missiles blasting off for 900-mile strikes on Russia's rear

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The FP-5 Flamingo leaves a plume of fire and smoke as it takes off from the ground.
Zelenskyy released new videos of the FP-5 Flamingo launching in combat on Tuesday.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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