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☆ Nighttime footage shows a fire-breathing Ukrainian drone setting Russian positions ablaze
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA Ukrainian battalion shared nighttime footage of one of its "dragon drones" breathing fire on a Russian position in Ukraine, setting a line of trees ablaze. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Nighttime footage of a Ukrainian dragon drone covering a Russian-held treeline with molten thermite, setting multiple Russian positions ablaze. However, news reports suggest Russia may also have produced its own version of the "dragon drone," DW reported. AdvertisementJames Patton Rogers, a drone expert and executive director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute, told Business Insider this month that the tactic can force a retreat.

Persons: —, it's, James Patton Rogers, Patton Rogers Organizations: Service, 205th, Territorial Defense Forces, Business, 241st, 92nd Assault Brigade, Russian, Deutsche Welle, Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Kursk, Russia

☆ A Ukrainian captain says his unit shot down every drone it met despite having 'antiquated' guns
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ukrainian platoon has shot down all of the drones it's encountered, its captain told The Guardian. Oleksandr Zhygun said his soldiers are using "antiquated" guns to do it, per the outlet. AdvertisementA Ukrainian captain operating near Kyiv said his platoon has shot down every Russian drone it has encountered, despite having what he describes as "antiquated" guns. But in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian troops are struggling against Russia's night-vision drones, a Ukrainian soldier told the Kyiv Post last month. Asked whether Ukraine could still win the war, Zhygun told The Guardian it was a "difficult" question and that they needed more air defense systems.

Persons: Oleksandr Zhygun, —, Zhygun's Kalashnikov, Yehven, Dolin, Zhygun, Ukraine's Organizations: Ukrainian, Guardian, Service, Ukraine's 241st Brigade, Territorial Defense Forces, Soviet Union, Patriot, Republicans, The Institute Locations: Ukraine, Soviet, Kyiv, Afghanistan, Ukrainian, Kyiv Post, Russia, Ukraine's, Avdiivka

☆ ‘It’s a Way of Life’: Women Make Their Mark in the Ukrainian Army
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Nicole Tung | Photographs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When they reached their destination, a small village less than two miles from Russian lines, all that was left were destroyed houses, their shattered roofs visible in the moonlight. Her first experience in combat was in the outskirts of Kyiv that year, and much of what she has learned about weapons systems since has been self-taught and on the fly. Since early 2023, Witch has been with her platoon in the 241st Brigade in the area around Bakhmut, supervising all of the artillery systems. She is resolute about staying in the military even if the war ends. “People who want to join the armed forces must understand that it’s a way of life,” she said.

Persons: Witch, “, ” Organizations: Lada, 241st Brigade Locations: Bakhmut, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine turned a Soviet antiaircraft gun into a deadly ground weapon that can kill dozens of soldiers at a time, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The truck-mounted modified gun can kill dozens of Russians at a time, the unit told the Daily Beast. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementUkrainian soldiers have turned a Soviet-era antiaircraft gun into a fast-moving ground weapon that can kill dozens of Russian soldiers at a time, the Daily Beast reported. The resulting weapon is one that can hit targets spread out up to 328 feet apart, and can kill dozens of soldiers with one blast, the report said. AdvertisementEvegeny Iitvin, a sergeant in the unit, told the Beast that in just three days one of the guns had "already destroyed 1,000" Russian soldiers.

Persons: —, Evegeny, Jake Epstein, It's, Iitvin, Biden Organizations: Daily, Service, Artillery Battery Unit, Ukraine's 241st Brigade, 241st Brigade Locations: Ukraine, Soviet, Russia, Soviet Union

☆ India in Asia Cup final after beating Sri Lanka
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Dunith Wellalage (5-40) wrecked India's top order while Charith Asalanka (4-18) mowed down the tail to restrict India to a below-par total. "It was a good game," India captain Rohit Sharma said after their victory. The target was modest but Sri Lanka were soon grappling with a collapse of their own. Kuldeep Yadav (4-43) struck in successive overs and Ravindra Jadeja removed home captain Dasun Shanaka to reduce Sri Lanka to 99-6. Wellalage and de Silva combined in a 63-run partnership to revive Sri Lanka but once Jadeja separated them, Sri Lanka collapsed in a heap.

Persons: India's Rohit Sharma, Peter Cziborra, Dunith Wellalage, Charith Asalanka, Sri Lanka's, Dhananjaya de Silva, Rohit Sharma, Rohit, Shubman Gill, Wellalage, Virat Kohli, Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Asalanka, Axar Patel's, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, de Silva, Amlan Chakraborty, Toby Davis Organizations: Trent, Rights, Asia, Sri Lanka, Sri, Pakistan, 241st, KL, Thomson Locations: England, India, Nottingham, Britain, Pakistan, Lanka, Sri Lanka, New Delhi

☆ A lawyer-turned-fighter codenamed 'Witch' has gained viral fame defending Ukraine as a mortar commander in the fiercest battlefronts of the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar is better known in Ukraine by her callsign "Witch." Junior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. A baptism of fireJunior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. Junior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. Junior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces.

There's a new heavy hitter in the hunt for planets beyond our solar system. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope — the next-generation observatory that has already beamed back some of the clearest and most stunning views of the universe — was used for the first time to confirm the existence of an exoplanet, scientists announced Wednesday. The exoplanet confirmation marks an important milestone for the $10 billion Webb telescope, which launched into space in December 2021 and began science operations less than a year ago. “These first observational results from an Earth-size, rocky planet open the door to many future possibilities for studying rocky planet atmospheres with Webb,” Mark Clampin, director of the astrophysics division at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., said in a statement. “Webb is bringing us closer and closer to a new understanding of Earth-like worlds outside our solar system, and the mission is only just getting started.”

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