❗️The US military has lost 11 MQ-9 Reaper drones during Operation Epic Fury in Iran, worth over $330 million in total, CBS News reported, citing US officials.
Pilots of Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade destroyed a Russian tank, armored vehicle, MLRS, artillery guns, trucks, and several cars.
❗️Ukraine's March 7 strike on a Shahed storage site near Donetsk airport wounded several staff from Russia's Alabuga drone factory in Tatarstan, including chief engineer Denis Zakirov, ASTRA reports. Four members of the Grom Kaskad drone brigade were also wounded.
Ukraine's missile forces and air force struck the Donetsk airport area with ATACMS and SCALP missiles, destroying a Shahed storage, preparation, and launch site, the General Staff announced. Fire and secondary detonations were reported at the strike site.
❗️Zelensky visited frontline troops in the Donetsk region on Friday, telling the NYT Ukraine has few Patriots left and proposing a trade: Ukrainian interceptor drones for Patriot missiles consumed by Gulf states. He added trilateral peace talks with the US would likely resume next week.
Ukraine's Spartan Brigade is repelling continuous Russian assault attempts on the Pokrovsk axis with drone strikes, destroying personnel and vehicles.
Colonel Oleksandr Dovhach, commander of Ukraine's 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade and Hero of Ukraine, was killed on the Eastern front on March 9 while conducting a combat mission against heavy air defense opposition. He flew hundreds of combat sorties since the full-scale invasion began.
Shtilerman added the company's ballistic missile will be an ATACMS equivalent with a larger warhead at 2.5 times lower cost. The FP-9, with an 850km range, begins trials early summer and will hit targets at over 1,000 m/s, faster than the Iskander's 800 m/s.The FP-7, with a 300km range, enters combat before summer. Shtilerman said Ukraine needs to produce hundreds of missiles monthly across differ...
❗️Ukraine's FP-2 long-range drone's warhead will be increased to 158kg, Fire Point co-owner and chief engineer Denis Shtilerman announced. Currently the FP-2 holds a 60-100kg payload depending on the configuration.
❗️Ukraine's FP-2 long-range drone's warhead will be increased to 158kg, Fire Point co-owner and chief engineer Denis Shtilerman announced. Currently the FP-2 holds a 60-100kg payload depending on the configuration.
❗️The US has ordered all diplomats evacuated from Saudi Arabia for the first time, the NYT reported. The US is also evacuating its consulate in Adana and advising citizens to avoid southeastern Turkey due to conflict and terrorism risks.
Zelensky said 11 countries have requested Ukrainian air defense experience, including interceptors, EW systems, and training, among them Iran's neighbors, European states, and the US.
❗️Slovak PM Fico said Slovakia will block the EU's €90 billion loan to Ukraine after April if Druzhba pipeline oil flows are not restored, ready to "take the baton" from Hungary if Orbán loses the April 12 election. Hungarian FM Szijjártó demanded the EU immediately lift its Russian energy import ban.
NATO air and missile defense assets intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile that entered Turkish airspace, Turkey's Defense Ministry announced. Debris fell on vacant land in Gaziantep with no casualties. Turkey warned all necessary measures will be taken against any future threat to its territory.
The 9th Battalion "Kairos" of the 414th Brigade destroyed a Nadgrobok (64N6) radar serving S-300PM and S-400 systems in Russian-occupied Crimea, a Buk-M2 launcher in Russian-occupied Donetsk region, and a Rubikon centre temporary base using FP-2 drones.