Ukraine is trying to find Russia's tipping point with a steep new goal for battlefield kills

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Fedorov attends a parliament plenary session in mid-January.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's new defense minister, has set an audacious new goal for his forces: killing 50,000 Russian troops per month.

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A new Guinness World Record shows how Ukraine's anti-Shahed interceptor drones have room to fly even faster

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A serviceman prepares an interceptor drone of
Interceptor drones, such as this one, often feature a dome-shaped head and four propellers.

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Ukraine's pay-per-kill system against Russian Shaheds helped it get 40,000 interceptor drones in a month, official says

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A Ukrainian man holds up a two-foot interceptor, which features a dome-shaped head and four propellers.
Ukrainians have been developing interceptor drones as a counter to large-scale Shahed waves.

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Russia is pushing to build 1,000 of its localized Iranian Shahed drones every day, Ukraine's military chief says

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Geran-2 drones lie on a cobblestone street in Kyiv.
Geran-2 drones are, for now, the most commonly used Shahed-type drone deployed by Russia to attack Ukraine.

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I'm a US Marine vet who trained with Ukrainians 20 years ago. Here's the secret to their combat success.

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Troy Smothers poses with a Ukrainian holding a fiber optic drone.
Troy Smothers was a sergeant when he separated from the US Marine Corps. Before that, he served in Ukraine for a short time, later returning after the war began to assist its troops with fiber optic drones.

Troy Smothers

Macron says Ukraine now relies on France, instead of the US, for intelligence

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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year's address to the armed forces at the Istres military air force base.
French President Emmanuel Macron said his country is now providing Ukraine with "two-thirds" of its intelligence.

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Ukraine's new defense minister just outlined how dire its troop shortage has become

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A Ukrainian soldier walks above a snow-covered trench in Kharkiv.
Ukrainian infantry soldiers from the 156th Brigade train at a snow-covered training ground in Kharkiv in late 2025.

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A new American missile-mounted buggy has already scored over 20 kills against Russian Shaheds in Ukraine, crew says

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A missile bursts out of its vehicle-mounted launcher on an open field.
The Tempest fires into the night sky in this video provided by Ukraine's Air Command Central.

Screenshot via Facebook/Ukraine Air Command Central

A new Ukrainian way of intercepting drones midair looks like a fishing rod in the sky

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Two annotated images show the
The 46th Separate Air Mobile Brigade showcased a clip of a drone with a fishing rod-style device trying to take down enemy quadcopters. Red annotation by Business Insider.

46th Separate Air Mobile Brigade

Russia's next-gen 'Geran-5' drone has a powerful new Chinese jet engine and might soon fire missiles, Ukraine says

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Metal parts and a wrecked chassis can be seen crashed in the snow.
This image supplied by GUR apparently shows the partial wreckage of a Geran-5.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR)

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