#Ukrainian Armed Forces

Andrii, a paratrooper from Ukraine’s 79th Air Assault Brigade, spent over a year in Russian captivity. Tortured, starved, and left with scars both visible and invisible, he returned home thanks to a prisoner exchange in May 2025. Here’s his story.

A surprising twist in the ongoing battle for armored superiority has emerged in Russia, where a US-supplied to Ukraine M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) has been photographed fitted with a Russian-made 30mm 2A72 cannon, despite previous claims that Western tanks and IFVs are overrated and “essentially useless.”

The Bayraktar TB2 helped shape the first phase of Ukraine’s defense, taking out tanks, convoys, and warships in 2022. Then it vanished. In June 2025, it returned—with a precision strike on a Russian landing craft. This is the story of why the drone disappeared—and why it’s flying again now.