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🇺🇦 Is exporting finished drones enough? A drone that crosses a border is one sale. A joint venture, a licence or a production line abroad is a lasting position inside someone else's supply chain. 👉🏻 Read our newest blog: militarnyi.com/en/blogs/bui...

🇬🇧 Two men in the UK have been charged over an alleged plot to attack RAF Fairford, which was used by the US military, with one accused of assisting Iranian intelligence. militarnyi.com/en/news/two-...

🩸 The military carried out a two-day operation to evacuate eight civilians from Lyman, who had been caught under Russian shelling. militarnyi.com/en/news/shie...

⚡️ Fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion have mastered a new area of combat operations and have begun using interceptor drones against Russian attack drones. militarnyi.com/en/news/free...

🇨🇳 China will introduce updated export controls on drones and their components from November 18, 2026. The Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) published the new rules. militarnyi.com/en/news/chin...

🪖 The U.S. has resumed deploying troops to Lithuania. Following the arrival of another 200 service members on October 27, nearly a third of the new American contingent will be stationed in the country. militarnyi.com/en/news/usa-...

🇷🇸 British news agency Reuters has removed a reference from its report to the Serbian parliamentary election winners’ intention to halt arms exports to Ukraine. militarnyi.com/en/news/reut...

⚡️ As a result of the October 22 attack on the grounds of the 75th Arsenal facility in Serpukhov, Russia, workshops No. 24 and No. 25, as well as a hangar adjacent to them, were damaged. militarnyi.com/en/news/mosc...

🚀 French company Safran plans to double its defense production between 2025 and 2030, focusing on increasing production of AASM Hammer guided bombs and engines for SCALP/Storm Shadow cruise missiles. militarnyi.com/en/news/safr...

🇳🇱 The Royal Netherlands Army will receive additional CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), tank bridge layers, new engeneer vehicles and heavy recovery platforms. militarnyi.com/en/news/the-...

🇫🇷 French company SEABER has unveiled the RAVEN autonomous underwater drone, designed to detect naval mines. militarnyi.com/en/news/fran...

🇺🇸 The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract to produce and deploy AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missiles. militarnyi.com/en/news/u-s-...

🇧🇾 Belarus has developed a modular protection kit for the BM-21B BelGrad multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) against drone attacks. militarnyi.com/en/news/bela...

🚀 Castelion will assess the feasibility of integrating its Blackbeard hypersonic missile onto the F-16 multirole combat aircraft. militarnyi.com/en/news/blac...

🇮🇩 Ukraine’s Defense Forces have eliminated an Indonesian citizen in the Donetsk region, who Russia recruited. He died in his first battle as part of an occupation unit after a week and a half of military training. militarnyi.com/en/news/indo...

🇷🇴🇷🇺 Romania’s intelligence service (SRI) has uncovered a sabotage network operating in the country, coordinated from Russia. militarnyi.com/en/news/roma...

Ukraine and Moldova have signed a military-technical cooperation agreement covering joint defense projects, technology sharing, and the exchange of experience in countering modern threats militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

A ceasefire took effect at 3:00 a.m. on October 27, 2026, in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region to allow a humanitarian operation militarnyi.com/en/news/ceas...

⚙️Over the course of a week, the CODE 9.2 regiment carried out two air evacuations of the wounded from the battlefield using the StarGate drone — these are the second and third known instances of such an evacuation in the world. militarnyi.com/en/news/code...

🇷🇸🇺🇦The winners of Serbia’s parliamentary elections are calling for an end to arms sales to countries where wars are ongoing. militarnyi.com/en/news/serb...

👀Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey agreed on Monday, October 26, to continue security consultations and strengthen regional cooperation following high-level talks in Tehran. 🔗Learn more details in our blog: militarnyi.com/en/blogs/ira...

⚓️Amid Ukrainian strikes on ships, Russia plans to use the Ochamchire base in occupied Abkhazia to export grain. militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...

🇺🇦🇺🇸Ukraine has been waiting nearly a month for U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to sign off on delivering missiles for the Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems. militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

🇺🇦 Ukrainian company TAF Industries has released an upgraded version of the Kolibri 13″ FR1 relay carrier. militarnyi.com/en/news/digi...

🚀Ukraine has fulfilled its part of the Freyja anti-ballistic missile project — Zelensky 🔗Learn more details in our video and article: militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

💻Helsing has developed the Contra autonomous AI-controlled air defense system, which independently controls interceptors. militarnyi.com/en/news/hels...

🇺🇦🇩🇪 Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) have received German G95 assault rifles, which are also being introduced into service with the Bundeswehr. militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

⚙️The new HV VTX Pro video transmitter module passed state tests, confirming an increased operating range for Ukrainian FPV drones and improved communication reliability under electronic warfare conditions. militarnyi.com/en/news/hv-v...

🇭🇺🇷🇺 Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) organized a provocative rally in Budapest in support of Rosatom’s Paks II nuclear power plant construction project, aiming to influence Hungary’s political situation. militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...

🚀Ukraine has fully fulfilled its obligations under the European Freyja anti-ballistic missile project. militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

🇸🇦 The Houthis claimed to have struck oil facilities and Riyadh Airport in Saudi Arabia. militarnyi.com/en/news/hout...

🇱🇹 Lithuanian Armed Forces units have been deployed to patrol the border town of Vištytis, near Russia’s Kaliningrad region, amid the threat of Russian deserters illegally crossing the border. militarnyi.com/en/news/lith...

⚡ German defence company Helsing has presented the AD-1 Inferno jet-powered interceptor drone, designed to counter high-speed strike UAVs and cruise missiles. militarnyi.com/en/news/dron...

🚀 German company Helsing has presented the new AD-2 Ambush interceptor missile, designed to engage high-speed and low-observable aerial targets. militarnyi.com/en/news/hels...

🇩🇿 Algeria’s two parliamentary chambers approved on October 25 the deployment of the country’s armed forces to Niger to protect Algeria’s energy interests and honor bilateral agreements. militarnyi.com/en/news/alge...

🇰🇷🇰🇵 During the South Korea–U.S. joint command post exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield, North Korean troops breached defensive lines and advanced to the outskirts of Seoul in a simulation. militarnyi.com/en/news/nort...

🇫🇷 The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle tested a laser anti-drone system during the La Fayette 26 mission. militarnyi.com/en/news/fran...

💥 During a massive drone attack on Voronezh, in addition to the Voronezhsintezkauchuk petrochemical plant, the Northern Bridge was targeted, and the Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Company was also likely hit. militarnyi.com/en/news/voro...

💥 The October 24 attack on the Tolyattikauchuk petrochemical plant damaged at least two production facilities linked to isobutylene production, a feedstock for synthetic rubber. militarnyi.com/en/news/stri...

🇲🇲 Myanmar’s military authorities helped conceal imports of Iranian aviation fuel subject to US sanctions. militarnyi.com/en/news/reut...

On the night of October 26, the Russian city of Voronezh came under a large-scale drone attack. Preliminary reports suggest that drones may have struck the Voronezhsintezkauchuk petrochemical plant militarnyi.com/en/news/dron...

The Pentagon has started preparing U.S. military bases to operate independently for at least 90 days in the event of a major war militarnyi.com/en/news/u-s-...

🇫🇷 France has deployed an Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft to the Black Sea amid drone attacks on merchant ships near Romania and Bulgaria. The aircraft has been operating in the region for two weeks as part of NATO missions. militarnyi.com/en/news/fran...

⚠️ Baghdad suspects Israel of striking two Iraqi weapons depots storing Chinese MANPADS recently delivered from Iran to pro-Iranian armed groups, Asharq al-Awsat reports. The strikes reportedly destroyed a large shipment of air defense systems. militarnyi.com/en/blogs/bag...

🇷🇸 Serbia has released the first footage of firing tests of its TSMB M-25 203mm self-propelled mortar. The Ministry of Defense did not disclose when the tests took place or their results. militarnyi.com/en/news/serb...

⚙️ Russia has unveiled the tracked Titan unmanned ground vehicle, designed to clear mines using three roller-type devices. The 2.3-ton platform has an electric drive, fragmentation protection and a stated operating time of at least 3.5 hours. militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...

📍 Russia has built 16 new air defense towers around Putin’s residence in Valdai, bringing the total to more than 50 positions within a 50-kilometer radius. militarnyi.com/en/news/more...

🪂 The UK and France have completed one of their largest airborne exercises in 20 years, deploying more than 2,500 troops in Germany. Around 600 paratroopers jumped from four A400M aircraft as forces rehearsed defending NATO territory against an adversary. militarnyi.com/en/news/uk-a...

📍 Russia had no Navy ships in the Mediterranean from early July to early September, the first such absence in over a decade. Analysts point to the loss of access to Tartus and limited support capabilities. militarnyi.com/en/news/no-r...

🇳🇱 The Netherlands plans to replace its Kodiak armored engineer vehicles after just 12 years in service, citing outdated protection and reliability issues. It also plans to acquire more Leguan bridge-layers with Germany. militarnyi.com/en/news/dutc...

⚡ Unidentified drones were used in an attack on Russia’s Lipetsk, with debris suggesting they may have been decoys or reconnaissance drones. militarnyi.com/en/news/unkn...