#Ukraine

Once a symbol of limited Western aid, France’s CAESAR truck howitzer has become a cornerstone of Ukraine’s long-range warfare. Roughly 120 of the 155 mm systems now operate across the front, a scale that signals how Kyiv has learned to mass-produce precision, mobility, and survivability into a single artillery concept—and how Europe’s defense industry is adapting in real time.

Russia killed Ukrainian journalist Alyona Gramova (Hubanova), 43, and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin, 33, in a direct strike with a Lancet drone on their vehicle parked at a gas station in Kramatorsk, a Donetsk region city about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the active frontline.