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…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
How drone swarms are set to transform aviation
The war in Ukraine has made one battlefield reality impossible to ignore. Small, inexpensive drones can alter a…
Norway to fund F-16 munitions and S-300 air defense missiles for Ukraine
Norway will finance a new military aid package for Ukraine that includes F-16 fighter jet ammunition and a…