3/ "What we've seen over the past two months on the Pokrovsk and Kremensk sectors of the front, as well as in the Valuysk direction, were, as we expected, tests of new types of Hornet ("Martian") drones with an AI-based guidance system.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Russian team presents dead soldiers collected from pipe as success
Russian evacuation team pulling dead Russian soldiers from a pipe and placing them into black body bags.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) 6 mai 2026
And later, this will be presented to Putin as a successful Russian operation. https://t.co/MLB2p1whbc pic.twitter.com/oShRAYg8HsRussian evacuation team pulling dead Russian soldiers from a pipe and placing them into black body bags. And later, this will be presented to Putin as a successful Russian operation.
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UK sanctions 35 over migrant exploitation and drone support
Britain has announced a new wave of sanctions targeting 35 individuals and entities accused of exploiting vulnerable migrants and supporting Russia’s drone production for the war in Ukraine.
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Russian strikes on Kharkiv and oblasts despite Ukrainian ceasefire
Russian forces struck Kharkiv and the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts overnight, damaging at least seven homes and hitting an industrial facility, despite a unilateral ceasefire declared by Ukraine hours earlier.
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Zhytomyr TCC Head Detained for Bribery
The head of the Zhytomyr Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support (TCC) was detained on suspicion of extorting bribes from entrepreneurs in exchange for exempting employees from conscription, according to the SBU.
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Chinese drone supply and dependence
On the ground, everyone understands this, which is why we take whatever we can get—even the same Chinese drones supplied by volunteers, because we need to get on with the job now. But if supplies are cut off tomorrow, what will we use?
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Drone eliminates occupier in toilet
Дрон загнав окупанта до вуличної вбиральні і ліквідував йогоhttps://t.co/3zm5y9cTIr pic.twitter.com/UBkR3OQEMS
— Цензор.НЕТ ✍️ (@censor_net) 6 mai 2026The drone cornered the occupier into a street toilet and eliminated him
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War: Hydrocarbon Dependence After Five Years
"Should I describe the consequences, or is it already obvious?! So, here we are, five years into the war… We're still operating on the principle: sell the oil and gas and buy everything we need."
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Ukraine and Russia depend on Chinese drone components
3/ While both Ukraine and Russia still depend heavily on Chinese components, Russia remains in Ukraine's former position of also needing to import finished systems. Now, 99% of Ukraine's drones are assembled entirely in Ukraine, albeit with a lot of Chinese components.
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Ukraine ramps up local drone production
Over the past four years, Ukraine has made a massive effort to scale up and indigenize its drone production. There are now over 40 drone component manufacturers in Ukraine, producing an increasing number of locally made drone parts.
