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![Cargo ship Royad Mammadov burns in the Black Sea after a reported Russian drone strike on October 5, 2026. (Source: Open source)]( "Cargo ship Royad Mammadov burns in the Black Sea after a reported Russian drone strike on October 5, 2026. (Source: Open source)")
![Smoke rises from the KUSUM pharmaceutical plant in Sumy after a Russian attack on October 4, 2026. (Source: kusum.ukraine/Instagram)]( "Smoke rises from the KUSUM pharmaceutical plant in Sumy after a Russian attack on October 4, 2026. (Source: kusum.ukraine/Instagram)")
![Aftermath of a Russian Geran-4 jet-powered drone strike on a commuter passenger train at Lypkuvativka railway station in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on September 18, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Aftermath of a Russian Geran-4 jet-powered drone strike on a commuter passenger train at Lypkuvativka railway station in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on September 18, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
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![Sky Sentinel anti-drone turret firing at night. (Source: UNITED24 Media)]( "Sky Sentinel anti-drone turret firing at night. (Source: UNITED24 Media)")
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![Photo of Ivan Khomenko]( "Photo of Ivan Khomenko")
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- War in Ukraine
Russia’s attempt to outrun Ukraine’s air defenses with faster jet-powered attack drones is now facing a different kind of threat over Kyiv—an AI-guided gun system that does not need to chase its target to shoot it down.![Russia Left This Ukrainian Village 90% Mined. Here’s What Life There Looks Like Now]( "Russia Left This Ukrainian Village 90% Mined. Here’s What Life There Looks Like Now")
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![Photo of Daria Luhova]( "Photo of Daria Luhova")
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- Life in Ukraine
“When our village was liberated, we came back with my sons. There were no windows, no doors, no roof. I went to a neighbor’s house to borrow a ladder. On my way back, I stepped on a petal mine in the yard. I didn’t even realize what had happened. I just looked down and saw that my big toe had already been blown off and everything was covered in blood.”![A Russian R-161-5 Polyus-5 mobile radio station targeted by Ukraine’s 413th Raid Brigade in the temporarily occupied Kherson region. (Source: 413th Raid Brigade)]( "A Russian R-161-5 Polyus-5 mobile radio station targeted by Ukraine’s 413th Raid Brigade in the temporarily occupied Kherson region. (Source: 413th Raid Brigade)")
![Moscow oil refinery storage tank lid after an explosion, Moscow, Russia, June 2026.]( "Moscow oil refinery storage tank lid after an explosion, Moscow, Russia, June 2026.")
![Farsight Vision navigation sensor mounted on a Ukrainian ground robotic platform during field testing. (Source: Farsight Vision via Oboronka)]( "Farsight Vision navigation sensor mounted on a Ukrainian ground robotic platform during field testing. (Source: Farsight Vision via Oboronka)")
![A local woman assists in recovering a damaged unmanned ground vehicle in the Sumy region. (Source: 71st Separate Airmobile Brigade)]( "A local woman assists in recovering a damaged unmanned ground vehicle in the Sumy region. (Source: 71st Separate Airmobile Brigade)")
![A Russian soldier resembling Vladimir Putin moments before being targeted by a Ukrainian FPV drone. (Source: Magyar’s Birds)]( "A Russian soldier resembling Vladimir Putin moments before being targeted by a Ukrainian FPV drone. (Source: Magyar’s Birds)")
![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv on October 4, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv on October 4, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Martin Jäger, President of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), at the public hearing of the Parliamentary Control Panel (PKGr), the body responsible for overseeing the work of the intelligence services, Berlin, October 5, 2026.]( "Martin Jäger, President of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), at the public hearing of the Parliamentary Control Panel (PKGr), the body responsible for overseeing the work of the intelligence services, Berlin, October 5, 2026.")
![German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inspects the “Spys” jet fighter interceptor drone developed in Ukraine by Quantum WIY Industries in Kyiv, alongside Quantum CEO Sven Kruck. (Source: Getty Images)]( "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inspects the “Spys” jet fighter interceptor drone developed in Ukraine by Quantum WIY Industries in Kyiv, alongside Quantum CEO Sven Kruck. (Source: Getty Images)")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-4c422f6574674b417eac2384290103ac.jpg "Russia Left This Ukrainian Village 90% Mined. Here’s What Life There Looks Like Now")
-a440860424d5fdaaf785e98d8dc91daf.png "A local woman assists in recovering a damaged unmanned ground vehicle in the Sumy region. (Source: 71st Separate Airmobile Brigade)")
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