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Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 12:57
In frontline regions of Ukraine, more than 1,170 kilometers of logistics routes have already been protected from drone attacks, while the pace of building anti-drone road protection has doubled compared to 2025.
17 May 2026
Acting Minister of Digital Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov said Ukrainian troops are effectively using digital technologies on the battlefield against Russia, despite Russia's advantage in manpower, tanks, and ammunition.
16 May 2026
European countries are facing rising costs of defense products — over the past two years, prices in some cases have increased by more than 50% due to increased NATO defense spending.
15 May 2026
Ukrainian engineers have developed dust- and water-resistant power modules for combat conditions that ensure autonomous operation of equipment and command posts in battlefield environments. The systems can withstand drops from height and even being run over by a vehicle, and they produce no thermal signature.
12 May 2026
Ukrainian company Phantom Defense, which specializes in counter-drone systems and electronic warfare (EW) solutions, is working on the creation of a comprehensive ecosystem for countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
10 May 2026
Ukraine and Norway have agreed to jointly produce long-range 155 mm artillery shells.
08 May 2026
For Ukraine, missiles should remain the top priority weapon because they are capable of destroying enemy infrastructure and military-industrial capacity, and therefore Ukraine and Europe should work together on their development.
30 April 2026
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is purchasing 8,000 Octopus interceptor drones to strengthen air defense and increase the interception of enemy aerial targets by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine, Italy, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom have established CORPUS (Coalition for Resilient Procurement and Unified Support), a multinational coalition in the field of defense procurement, to improve coordination among procurement agencies and enhance the resilience of support systems.
Another group of servicemen and servicewomen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is undergoing five weeks of training in the United Kingdom as part of Operation Interflex.
29 April 2026
Ukraine will receive EUR 6 billion by the end of the second quarter 2026 to purchase domestically produced drones for its Defense Forces as part of a €90 billion loan.
Latvia will transfer additional CVR(T) tracked armored combat vehicles to Ukraine.
28 April 2026
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, in collaboration with Brave1, tested a new generation of strike FPV drones from eight Ukrainian manufacturers at a training ground.
All details regarding the export of Ukrainian weapons have been approved at the level of state institutions in Ukraine.
27 April 2026
The volumes of production and supply of unmanned ground vehicles for the military must be increased. The current target is at least 50,000 units for this year.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stressed the need to ensure that deliveries of missiles for anti-ballistic systems in May are at least in line with the volumes already promised by partners.
The defense ministries of Norway and Ukraine have signed an agreement in Kyiv for the first Norwegian-Ukrainian project under the Build with Ukraine initiative, under which Ukrainian drones will be manufactured in Norway.
24 April 2026
During the past heating season, DTEK Energo’s power engineers had to restart the company’s thermal power plants from scratch 17 times following enemy shelling.
23 April 2026
Ukraine has already managed to restore 1 GW of thermal power plant capacity out of the planned 3.8 GW.
21 April 2026
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, removed the head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support, as well as the head of the Peresyp District Territorial Recruitment Centers (TCCs), from their duties.
17 April 2026
As of June 2026, the Ukrainian Navy will have five mine countermeasure vessels in service. In particular, the Netherlands is currently training the crew of the minehunter Zr. Ms. Makkum, which will be renamed Henichesk and transferred to Ukraine in June.
16 April 2026
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov and Diehl Defence CEO Helmut Rauch held talks on concrete ways to reinforce Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.
Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten has reiterated continued support for Ukraine and deeper defense cooperation between the two countries. In the near future, €248 million will be invested in joint drone production.
15 April 2026
Dutch Defense Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius announced during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group that the Netherlands would invest €248 million in drones for Ukraine.
The United Kingdom on Wednesday announced the biggest ever drone package history for Ukraine, under which at least 120,000 drones will be delivered this year.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced new agreements on the supply of PAC-2 missiles and additional launchers for IRIS-T systems, as well as further contributions by Germany and Norway to the PURL initiative, following talks in those countries.
14 April 2026
Ukraine and Germany have signed a large-scale defense cooperation package worth €4 billion, aimed at significantly strengthening air defense, developing long-range strike capabilities, and launching joint drone production.
13 April 2026
Ukraine’s defense industry is capable of producing millions of FPV drones per year.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine has built a new defense industry over the past four years.