Illia Kabachynskyi

Iskander, Kalibr, Zircon: Russia employs a dozen different types of missiles to bombard Ukrainian territory, ranging from modern weaponry to remnants from Soviet times. Ukraine needs support in shooting them down.

Weapons created more than two decades ago by the Soviet Union still pose a threat to civilians in Ukraine today. But Russia doesn’t seem too bothered by that.

Iranian Shahed drones are cheap, fast, and deadly. But it’s not just Iran that uses and produces them, it’s also Russia—giving Ukraine plenty of opportunity to get pretty good at shooting them down. But how are they made? How much damage do they cause? And why are they used so widely?

According to the Institute for the Study of War, the lack of air defense systems is allowing Russia to make small, but steady strategic gains.

February 2024 was a record month for Ukrainian maritime exports since the start of the full-scale invasion: about 8 million tons of cargo were shipped through its ports. But how did that happen? We look at the Ukrainian Sea Corridor and how it came into existence.