Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Kirichenko is a journalist focusing on war and technology. TOPSHOT - A Ukrainian serviceman operates a drone during the ...

His battalion said the robot was damaged, but the soldier was protected and had no new injuries. Robots are increasingly used by Ukraine but are also targets and can put hurt troops in more danger.

In hundreds of official complaints, inadvertently posted online by the Russian government, soldiers and their loved ones describe a lawless and violent military apparatus that abuses its own troops to ...

Russian and Ukrainian forces are locked in battle near the city of Huliaipole. LONDON -- Russia's offensive campaign in eastern and southern Ukraine has been grinding on throughout 2025, with much of ...

A newly released intelligence recording has cast a disturbing light on conditions facing Russian troops on one section of the front line in southern Ukraine. According to the Main Intelligence ...

Serhii Tyschenko, a Ukrainian combat medic, spent 472 days in a bunker. His case appears to be an extreme example of a problem that has long plagued Kyiv’s military. By Cassandra Vinograd and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his New Year’s address to deliver a blunt message to the West and to his own troops: Russia is not backing down in Ukraine. As 2026 arrived in Russia’s far ...

Ukrainian forces say recent encounters reveal more than just battlefield tactics, pointing instead to a deeper crisis unfolding along the front. The claims come as clashes continue around the ...

Poland scrambled fighter jets Thursday after detecting a Russian reconnaissance aircraft operating near its airspace, authorities said. Poland’s Operational Command wrote on X that the aircraft was ...

Three Russian border guards crossed into Estonian territory for around 20 minutes on Wednesday, the Baltic nation said, in the latest incident that has put the NATO member on guard about Moscow’s ...

Military history offers a clear warning about the logistical challenges of conducting large-scale offensive operations in Eastern Europe during the winter, a lesson learned repeatedly at great cost.