Illia Kabachynskyi

Arab countries are paying a steep price for Iran’s attacks—literally. The missiles used to shoot down low-cost Shahed drones cost hundreds of thousands, and sometimes even millions, of dollars. Ukrainian drone operators and interceptor drones can do the same job more cheaply and efficiently.

While Moscow boasts of technological self-reliance and rejects Western systems, a new OpenAI report reveals that Kremlin-linked actors are quietly relying on American AI tools to wage influence campaigns in Africa.

Following the leaders of Syria and Venezuela, another despotic regime has been left without its head — Iran. Ali Khamenei was killed in missile strikes, a fact confirmed by the remaining leadership in the country. The trio of nations had been “good” friends of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, but his circle of allies is shrinking before his eyes.

From disabling Russian Starlink access to building anti-ballistic capabilities, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is betting on speed, technology, and tighter partner coordination to regain the initiative in the war.

Moscow’s myth of Ukraine’s “inevitable defeat” collapses under basic arithmetic. To capture the rest of the Donetsk region could cost Russia years more war and hundreds of thousands of additional lives. The resources already lost were enough to build a world-class AI sector.

Ukraine’s defense industry has grown dozens of times over since the start of the full-scale invasion. Crucially, this growth is not about reviving production lines established decades ago, but about building entirely new, high-tech weapons systems that are already in demand worldwide.