War in Ukraine
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![The main building of SIZO 2 in Russia. Ilustrative image. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Plans Large-Scale Prison Expansion Across Occupied Kherson")
![Production of the Ukrainian FPV drone "General Chereshnya." (Source: Getty Images)]( "Lithuania Plans to Use Its Defense Industry to Supply Ukrainian Forces With Advanced Drones")
![Russia’s Pole-21 Jams Ukrainian Weapons, But Still Gets Tech From Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea]( "Russia’s Pole-21 Jams Ukrainian Weapons, But Still Gets Tech From Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea")
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![Photo of Roman Steblivskyi]( "Photo of Roman Steblivskyi")
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Russia’s Pole-21 is designed to blind some of Ukraine’s most sophisticated weapons by drowning out the satellite signals they need to find their targets. But behind Russia’s powerful electronic warfare system is a vulnerability Moscow has yet to eliminate: its continued dependence on foreign technology.Newsletter
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![A graphic marking 20,000 Russian drones neutralized by electronic warfare units of Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps]( "A graphic marking 20,000 Russian drones neutralized by electronic warfare units of Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps")
![Russian Major General Anton Grunis during an interview. (Source: Russian media)]( "Russian Major General Anton Grunis during an interview. (Source: Russian media)")
![UN workers inspect a residential building damaged by an air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 24, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "UN workers inspect a residential building damaged by an air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 24, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A Russian Su-24 aircraft.]( "A Russian Su-24 aircraft.")
![A serviceman of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine launches an UAV for a patrol flight along the Ukraine-Belarus border in Chernigiv region on June 1, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A serviceman of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine launches an UAV for a patrol flight along the Ukraine-Belarus border in Chernigiv region on June 1, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The shrapnel-damaged body and shattered windows of a passenger bus targeted by a Russian drone in Nikopol district. (Source: Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration)]( "The shrapnel-damaged body and shattered windows of a passenger bus targeted by a Russian drone in Nikopol district. (Source: Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration)")
![A Russian soldier seen through the camera of a Ukrainian FPV drone on the Pokrovsk front. (Source: Spartan Brigade)]( "A Russian soldier seen through the camera of a Ukrainian FPV drone on the Pokrovsk front. (Source: Spartan Brigade)")
![A fire burns at an electrical facility near the VZPP-Sborka electronics plant in Voronezh, Russia. (Source: ATESH)]( "A fire burns at an electrical facility near the VZPP-Sborka electronics plant in Voronezh, Russia. (Source: ATESH)")
![Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks alongside US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv on September 6, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks alongside US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv on September 6, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Smoke rises from a passenger train following a Russian drone strike in Ukraine. (Source: Kyiv INFO/Telegram)]( "Smoke rises from a passenger train following a Russian drone strike in Ukraine. (Source: Kyiv INFO/Telegram)")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
-180a5b79f7118ec62330bb466f81486d.jpg "Russia’s Pole-21 Jams Ukrainian Weapons, But Still Gets Tech From Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea")
-746b4b2b462bcc32d9fe98e546a988c4.jpg "Photo of Roman Steblivskyi")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-70ee061e85106327bff93828ff5ed368.jpg "A serviceman of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine launches an UAV for a patrol flight along the Ukraine-Belarus border in Chernigiv region on June 1, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-577868626b77abb7e445e041cd17be39.jpg "A fire burns at an electrical facility near the VZPP-Sborka electronics plant in Voronezh, Russia. (Source: ATESH)")
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