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☆ Russia really wants to stop Ukraine using Elon Musk's Starlink satellites
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Russia is trying to cut off Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellites, analysts said. AdvertisementRussia is trying to cut off Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellites, according to space warfare analysts. Since the start of the war, Russia has been using jamming systems to try and deny Ukrainian forces access to commercial satellites. Because Starlink satellites are closer to Earth, latency — the delay between a user's action and a response on the network — is shorter. She said Starlink satellites are both "resilient" and "agile," with Starlink operators constantly updating their software to overcome Russian attacks.

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☆ Ukraine is running out of ammo for its US-supplied Howitzers as it tries to fend off massive Russian attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewUkraine is running low on ammunition for its US-supplied Howitzer guns as it battles to fend off Russian attacks, CNN reported. AdvertisementRussia has reportedly increased its production of shells to around two million a year, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. Despite being far wealthier, Ukraine's European allies have not yet met their target of providing Ukraine with one million shells. AdvertisementA Ukrainian soldier told CNN that Ukraine was being outgunned, and Russia also had Soviet-era ammunition reserves to draw on.

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☆ Ukraine is exploiting gaps in Russia's air defenses, which were designed for a different kind of war
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Analysts said Ukraine appeared to be exploiting gaps in Russian air defenses. Russia's air defenses are focused on potential attacks from NATO in the west, not the south. AdvertisementUkraine is exploiting gaps in Russia's air defenses, which were designed for a different kind of war, according to a report. The Institute for the Study of War, a US think tank, said that Russian air defenses in Leningrad Oblast, near St Petersburg, appeared to be poor. AdvertisementThe ISW said the attacks were stretching Russia's air defenses.

Persons: —, Russia's Organizations: Analysts, NATO, Service, Ukrainian, Reuters, Business Locations: Ukraine, US, Leningrad Oblast, St Petersburg, West, Ust, Tula, Moscow, Russia, Klintsy, Ukrainian, Crimea

☆ Ukraine says it flew a drone over Putin's woodland palace, evading its heavy defenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine launched a drone attack on a St Petersburg oil terminal on Thursday, per multiple sources. AdvertisementUkraine sent a drone flying over President Vladimir Putin's palace at Lake Valdai during an attack on a St Petersburg oil depot, a military source claimed on Friday. Set next to Lake Valdai, halfway between Moscow and St Petersburg, the vast woodland complex is considered one of Putin's favorite boltholes. The strike, Kamyshin said, showed that St Petersburg was now "within reach of Ukrainian forces," per the Kyiv Independent's translation. "We are able to produce something that flies and costs $350 per item, something that flew to St Petersburg this night," he said.

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☆ Ukraine may have risked exposing a precious Patriot launcher to take out 2 prized Russian planes, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine's apparent destruction of 2 Russian planes may have been due to Patriot missiles, experts said. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, FileUsing a Patriot like this would be an extremely risky move for Ukraine. Getting close enough to Kyrylivka to be able to shoot down the A-50 would have meant putting the Patriot close enough to the active fighting that Russian weaponry could hit it, the experts said. However, this level of risk is why another expert said it was unlikely that Ukraine used a Patriot. He said that while it was just an informed theory, he thought a decades-old Soviet missile system, the S-200, was more likely to have been used.

Persons: —, Rajan Manon, Mattias Eken, Alexander Zemlianichenko, Eken, would've, Manon, Gustav Gressel, Gressel, Russia doesn't Organizations: Patriot, Patriots, Service, Ilyushin, RAND Corporation, AP, European Council, Foreign Relations, Soviet, REUTERS Locations: Ukraine, Azov, Ukrainian, Kyrylivka, Russian, Russia, Warsaw, Poland

☆ Ukraine says it hit 2 prized Russian command aircraft in just one day
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewUkraine said it hit two Russian command aircraft in a single day over the weekend. And opposition activists in Belarus said they destroyed a Russian A-50 in their country last February. AdvertisementNeither Ukraine nor Russia release figures for how many of their aircraft have been destroyed, and no fully verified figures exist. But Ukraine has destroyed multiple Russian aircraft in the conflict. Even so, Ukraine is warning that it needs to boost its air defense arsenal to stop Russian aircraft and the drones and missiles that have hit its towns and cities.

Persons: —, HUR, Jake Epstein, Wagner Organizations: Service, Kyiv Post, Ilyushin, Business, Forbes, UK Ministry of Defence, Ilyushin Il, Wagner Group Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Russia, Belarus

☆ 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

☆ Ukraine got the top tanks it wanted from the West, but they're not yet changing the game
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Ukraine got the Leopard, Challenger, and Abrams tanks it asked its Western partners for. It's up to Ukraine to either use the tanks to defend against Russian offensives or preserve them for next spring, experts told Business Insider. AdvertisementNow, almost two years into the war, Ukraine has a force of advanced Western tanks at its disposal. Advertisement"These Western type of tanks are qualitatively superior to even the best Russian tanks that the Russians are using in Ukraine," Gentile told Business Insider. There are also questions of whether or not these will be the only Western tanks Ukraine gets, or if there are more in the pipeline.

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☆ US officials helped Cisco sneak a cybersecurity prototype into Ukraine using a plane carrying humanitarian aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cisco created a prototype device that could help keep Ukraine's power grid running this winter. In a covert operation first reported by CNN, the devices were delivered using a US plane carrying humanitarian aid. AdvertisementCisco created cybersecurity prototypes for Ukraine to protect its power grid, but getting them into Ukraine required a bit of subterfuge. US agencies helped sneak the devices into the country, in part by using a US Air Force plane carrying humanitarian aid, according to a new report from CNN. Thanks to the covert operation, the prototypes could help Ukraine keep its power running through another brutal winter of war.

Persons: —, Joe Marshall, Cisco —, isn't, Marshall Organizations: Cisco, CNN, Russian, Service, US Air Force, US Department of Commerce, Pentagon, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce Locations: Ukraine, Rzeszów, Poland, Ukrainian

☆ Shakespeare's portrait sent to edge of space to mark 400 years of 'First Folio'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

William Shakespeare's First Folio on display at Christies in London, April 24, 2023. Shakespeare's First Folio was compiled by his friends and published on Nov. 8, 1623, seven years after his death. Some 750 copies are believed to have been printed, containing 36 of the 37 plays Shakespeare wrote, arranged for the first time as comedies, tragedies and histories. "A tiny copy of the speech we used, which is 'The Lovers and Madmen' speech from 'Midsummer Night's Dream', (was) inserted into the portrait," Jewers told Reuters. "The Stranger's Case" features a speech Shakespeare contributed to an unperformed play alongside footage of refugees at sea.

Persons: William Shakespeare's, Anna Gordon, William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Jack Jewers, Tom Baker, Jewers, Will Tosh, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Shakespeare's Globe, Thomson Locations: London, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine likely destroyed 3 of Russia's prized S-400 missile systems worth $1.5 billion, weakening its air defenses, says UK intel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine has destroyed several Russian long-range air defense systems in the last week, the UK MoD said. Unconfirmed reports said that Ukraine used US-provided ATACMS to strike at the Russian systems. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine has likely destroyed at least four Russian long-range air defense systems in the last week, weakening Russia's air defenses, the UK Department of Defense said in an intelligence update on Thursday. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdditional Russian air defense losses have been reported in Crimea by Ukrainian sources. The S-400 was built to rival the $1 billion US-made Patriot air defense system but at a lower price.

Persons: —, Russia's Organizations: MoD, Air Defence, Service, UK Department of Defense, Integrated Air Defence System, Russian Telegram, Tactical Missile Systems, Forbes, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Luhansk, Russia, Crimea, France, Turkey

☆ Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

"Non-stop fighting, assaults, evacuations, and you know, I managed it," he told a Reuters reporter visiting his position on Thursday. FALTERING OFFENSIVEIstoryk serves in a rifles battalion of the 67th Mechanised Brigade in the Serebryanskyi forest in the Luhansk region. More dramatic advances are still possible; last year Russian forces swiftly retreated from positions in Kherson region in early November. "We're exhausted, they're exhausted. Additional reporting by Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey; Writing by Mike Collett-White Editing by Gareth JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alina Smutko, Valery Zaluzhnyi, Zaluzhnyi, Istoryk, Oleksandr Popov, Michael Kofman, Velyka Novosilka, Popov, Ivan Lyubysh, Mike Collett, Gareth Jones Organizations: 67th Mechanised Brigade, Armed Forces, REUTERS, Russian, Reuters, Carnegie Endowment, International, Artillery, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kreminna, Luhansk region, West, KREMINNA, pinewood, Russia, Kyiv's, Kyiv, Luhansk, Russia's Belgorod, Azov, Kherson region, Bakhmut, Orikhiv, Velyka, Lyman, North Korea, Zakhid

☆ The drones fighting cat and mouse battles behind Russian front lines in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/6] Serviceman of the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, callsign Buryi, 30-years-old, checks a Shark drone before launching, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 30, 2023. On this occasion the drone that had found the target for the artillery unit was temporarily incapacitated when Russian electronic jamming systems interrupted the video transmission. Ukraine uses an array of drones from established local manufacturers and startups as well as Western suppliers, both to locate targets and hit them directly. The crew said Ukrainian-made drones were usually easier to repair if damaged, as they could be quickly sent back to the manufacturer. "Artillery has been the god of war for a long time, and artillery reconnaissance is the eyes of the gods," said Soliara, the rumble of cannon fire audible in the distance.

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☆ Ukraine's counteroffensive has struggled, but Zelenskyy says the blow it dealt in the Black Sea is one for the history books
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Zelenskyy praised Ukraine's wins in the Black Sea, noting they'd "be in history textbooks." Ukraine's success in the battle for the Black Sea is what will be in history textbooks, though it's not discussed as often now." Ukraine's forces followed up that attack with a later strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters. AdvertisementAdvertisementSevastopol has been the longstanding headquarters of the Russian Black Sea fleet, a key part of Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Whether or not those victories in the Black Sea are sufficient to call the counteroffensive a success is debatable.

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☆ Ukraine at last has all the Abrams tanks the US promised. Now the question is how best to use them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ukraine has received all 31 of the formidable M1A1 Abrams tanks promised by the US. Ukraine will have to be careful with how it employs the Abrams, especially as the counteroffensive likely slows in coming months. But don't expect to see many showdowns with Russian tanks. Russian minefields have held Ukraine's armor at bay, while artillery and anti-tank missiles threaten the vehicles that do advance. Soldiers handle a US M1 Abrams tank during the Finnish Army mechanized exercise "Arrow 23" at the Pohjankangas shooting and training area in Niinisalo, Finland, on May 4, 2023.

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☆ Ukraine war orders starting to boost revenues for big US defense contractors
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Mike Stone | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is starting to boost defense contractors' revenues, as customers such as the U.S. government restock supplies shipped to Ukraine and countries around Europe arm themselves with an eye on Moscow's aggressions. New contracts to supply Ukraine directly - or backfill U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine - were signed late last year, and now revenue is flowing to the big defense contractors. "We've gone from 14,000 (artillery) rounds per month to 20,000 very quickly. The General Dynamics' Combat Systems unit, which makes armored vehicles, tanks and the artillery Ukraine uses, saw its revenue rise almost 25% versus the same period a year ago. Third-quarter sales for Northrop Grumman's (NOC.N) Defense Systems segment rose 6% on high demand for ammunition and rocket motors used in guided multiple-launch rocket systems (GMLRS), which play a crucial role in supporting Ukraine's defense efforts against Russian forces.

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☆ Ukraine's new ATACMS missiles perfectly exploit a gap in Russia's tactics, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine has started using its US-donated ATACMS missiles to great effect. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe long-range ATACMS missiles that Ukraine got from the US are putting Russia on the back foot, rendering one of its tactics less effective, an expert told Insider. But now Ukraine can hit equipment that is spread further apart thanks to the ATACMS cluster munitions. Ukraine can hit "targets where you need to hit a wide range of targets in one location," said Bailey. Ukraine said at it expended at least four missiles in the ATACMS strike [which took out far more than four targets?].

Persons: —, Riley Bailey, ATACMS, Bailey, Serhii Mykhalchuk, Mykhailo Podolyak, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Institute for, Getty Images, Storm, of Defense, HIMARS, Aircraft, US Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, France, Ukrainian, Bakhmut

With his prime-time vow to send more weapons to both Ukraine and Israel, President Biden sought to make clear on Thursday that the United States was not prioritizing one war over the other. But hours earlier, a Defense Department official said that tens of thousands of 155-millimeter artillery shells promised to Ukraine would be diverted to Israel. Here are three key weapons systems that Israel and Ukraine may need from the United States. Artillery ammunitionPerhaps more than any other weapons, the NATO-standard 155-millimeter shells will be in high demand, as both Israel and Ukraine use them against targets within a few dozen miles. In January, the Pentagon said it would tap into an American stockpile in Israel and ship hundreds of thousands of 155-millimeter shells to Ukraine.

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☆ Ukraine's first ATACMS strikes may leave a lasting impact on Russia's airpower and send it scrambling to pull bases back from the front lines, Western intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine revealed it has ATACMS this week after launching several strikes on Russian airbases. The attack destroyed multiple helicopters and other weaponry, Kyiv's defense ministry said. According to Western intelligence, this may cause lasting damage to Russian airpower and force a change in basing. On Tuesday, Ukraine's special operations forces used ATACMS to carry out strikes on Russian airfields in Berdyansk and Luhansk — two locations in Russian-occupied territory. —Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) October 18, 2023Russia has had to do this before in response to other Western weapons.

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☆ Russian milblogger admits Ukraine may have executed its 'most serious' hit yet after targeting airfields, likely with US-made ATACMS missiles
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Russian milblogger said it may have been the biggest blow since the invasion began. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Russian military blogger said Ukraine's strikes, which likely used new ATACMS long-range missiles from the US, may have been the biggest hit on Russia's forces since the invasion began. Russian milblogger Fighterbomber said on Tuesday that the strike was "one of the most serious blows . Fighterbomber said the strikes used ATACMS, and a Russian official said ATACMS fragments were found at the site. —Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) October 18, 2023A person familiar with the matter told Insider's Jake Epstein that Ukraine used the M39 variant in the strikes.

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☆ Ukraine's new US-made ATACMS are likely pushing Russian aircraft away from the front lines, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine attacked Russian airfields with new ATACMS missile systems, a US-based think tank said. The weapons could push Russian aircraft away from the front, per the Institute for the Study of War. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine's strikes on "operationally significant" Russian airfields with its new US-made ATACMS will likely force Russia's military to pull some of its aircraft away from the front lines, according to the Institute for the Study of War. "The Ukrainian ATACMS strikes on operationally significant Russian airfields in Ukraine will likely prompt the Russian command to disperse aviation assets and withdraw some aircraft to airfields further from the frontline," it said. The arrival of ATACMS also poses a significant threat to Russian ammunition depots in rear areas, it added.

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☆ Ukraine's top general posts first video of Kyiv's forces firing US-made ATACMS at the Russians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The strikes come after the Biden administration quietly supplied Ukraine with the long-range missiles. Ukraine's top commander shared striking footage of the ATACMS launch on Telegram. The US quietly supplied Ukraine with a small number of the long-range missiles in recent days following more than a year of back-and-forth. Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi shared footage of the launch of US supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles on his Telegram channel. Ukraine had long asked for the long-range missiles, which allow its forces to safely target Russian positions situated further back without having to approach the front lines.

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The missiles got into Ukraine within the last few days, said one of the U.S. officials. Their arrival at the warfront gives Ukraine a critical ability to strike Russian targets that are farther away, allowing Ukrainian forces to stay safely out of range. Because of lingering U.S. concerns about escalating tensions with Russia, the ATACMS version that went to Ukraine will have a shorter range than the maximum distance the missiles can have. The small number of missiles underscores the U.S. reluctance to send the powerful weapons. In July, the U.S. agreed to send thousands of cluster bombs to Ukraine.

Persons: Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “, Zelenskyy, Biden, Hanna Arhirova, Illia Novikov Organizations: WASHINGTON, Army Tactical Missile, Operations Forces, U.S, Biden, enraging, House, Democratic, NATO, Associated Press Locations: United States, Ukraine, Russia, U.S, Berdyansk, enraging Moscow, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine says it struck Russian airfields, taking out enemy helicopters, and it looks like it did it with ATACMS it secretly got from the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine says it carried out a series of strikes on Russian airbases, damaging multiple helicopters. Multiple reports and a source familiar with the matter said Kyiv used ATACMS in the attack. In the aftermath of the strikes, open-source intelligence (OSINT) accounts, Russian military bloggers, and analysts began suggesting on social media that Ukraine used ATACMS to carry out the attack. AdvertisementAdvertisementA person familiar with the matter told Insider that Ukraine used ATACMS missiles, confirming multiple reports that Kyiv's forces secretly acquired ATACMS from the US. Every day, every week, Ukraine needs such results.

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☆ Ukraine used US-provided Strykers to break through a key Russian defensive line littered with minefields and trenches
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine used US-supplied armored vehicles to break through a series of key Russian defensive lines. The vehicles, called Strykers, were first spotted in battle last month. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Ukrainian forces broke through the Surovikin Line, a series of Russian defenses littered with anti-vehicle spikes and minefields, a commanding officer told The Washington Post. Ukraine first sent these US-supplied vehicles — called Strykers — into battle last month in the southern Zaporizhzhia Region.

Persons: Kyrylo Budanov Organizations: Fleet, Service, Washington Post, Street Journal Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Crimea, Wall, Silicon, Zaporizhzhia Region, Russia

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