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Topics related to aviation in Ukraine, including Ukrainian airlines, airports, regulations, and incidents.

Swedish Gripen fighter jets deployed to Iceland

Dassault Rafale

Ukraine preparing prepayments for Gripen, Rafale jets: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian media has reported that the country is preparing advance payments for future Saab Gripen and Dassault Rafale fighter jets, as stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March…

ByClement Charpentreau

March 6, 2026

UAE

Zelenskyy offers Ukraine’s Shahed interceptor drones to Gulf states

Ukraine is ready to share its experience countering Iranian-designed Shahed drones with partners in the Middle East, President…

ByClement Charpentreau

March 5, 2026

COVID-19

Finnair CEO hails Finnish Sisu for airline’s ‘double crisis’ bounce back

It was perhaps no coincidence that the CEO of Finnair, Turkka Kuusisto, chose the four-year anniversary of Russia’s…

ByIan Molyneaux

March 4, 2026

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Ukraine

United Kingdom

Zelenskyy: No request from Starmer for Ukraine experts to counter Iranian drones

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has not received a direct request after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly announced the…

ByClement Charpentreau

March 2, 2026

Russia

Ukraine reports strike on rare Russian Be-12 aircraft in occupied Crimea

Ukraine’s Defense Forces said they struck Russian aviation assets overnight on February 21, 2026, damaging two Beriev Be-12 amphibious aircraft at a…

ByClement Charpentreau

February 23, 2026

Ukrainian Air Force F-16AM Fighting Falcon

F-16 Fighting Falcon

Ukraine’s Air Force denies report of ‘secret’ cross-national F-16 squadron

Ukraine’s Air Force has rejected claims that a ‘secret’ cross-national F-16 squadron, allegedly composed of Ukrainian, US and Dutch pilots,…

ByClement Charpentreau

February 17, 2026

Launch of Zircon hypersonic missile during Zapad 2025

3M22 Zircon

Video appears to show Patriot intercepting Zircon hypersonic missile

Video footage credited to Ukraine’s Air Command Center appears to show a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system intercepting…

ByClement Charpentreau

February 17, 2026

CHP Station (TEC-5) in Kyiv burning after missile strike

Russia

Russia’s drone war on Ukraine shows how exposed Europe’s infrastructure is

Joshua Kroeker is the CEO and founder of Reaktion Group. He advises governments and firms on geopolitics and…

ByJoshua R. Kroeker

February 2, 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a SCALP missile

France

Did France oppose an EU plan to buy British Storm Shadow missiles for Ukraine?

A report by The Telegraph claims that France has opposed an EU plan that would allow Ukraine to…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 27, 2026

Helsing HX-2 loitering munition in storage

Germany

Helsing denies reports of suspended HX-2 drone orders in Ukraine

European defense technology company Helsing has denied that Ukraine has suspended new orders for its HX-2 attack drones,…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 20, 2026

Aero Vodochody

Czech PM Babis rules out donating L-159 ‘drone-fighting’ jets to Ukraine

The Czech Republic will not sell or donate light combat aircraft to Ukraine, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said, rejecting a…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 19, 2026

ICEYE

Ukraine expands partnership with ICEYE for tactical satellite intelligence

Ukraine has expanded its cooperation with Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operator ICEYE under a new agreement…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 19, 2026

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Aero Vodochody

Czech president says Prague can supply drone-fighting jets to Ukraine

The Czech Republic is preparing to supply Ukraine with combat aircraft capable of intercepting incoming drones, as confirmed by Czech President Petr…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 16, 2026

Project Nightfall

UK launches Nightfall ballistic missile program for Ukrainian deep strike

The UK Ministry of Defence has launched an accelerated competition to develop a ground-launched deep-strike ballistic missile intended for Ukrainian…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 14, 2026

Oreshnik

Russia fires Oreshnik ballistic missile in overnight strike on Ukraine

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said on January 9, 2026, that it launched its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile as…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 9, 2026

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F-16 Fighting Falcon

Ukraine says its F-16s have downed more than 1,000 aerial targets

Ukraine’s air force says its F-16s have destroyed more than 1,000 Russian aerial targets since entering combat, a…

ByStephen Pope

January 7, 2026

France

Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5F fighters now armed with MICA missiles

Ukraine has begun operating its Mirage 2000-5F fighter jets with French-supplied MICA medium-range air-to-air missiles. Unconfirmed images circulating on social…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 6, 2026

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Ukrainian pilot walking towards Mirage 2000 fighter jet

Defense

Ukraine trained nearly 100 pilots in 2025 as aviation training scales up

Ukraine has reported training nearly 100 cadet pilots during 2025, as part of a broader effort to expand and professionalize its aviation personnel pipeline while continuing…

ByClement Charpentreau

January 2, 2026