Dmytro Shumlianskyi

Dmytro Shumlianskyi

Editor at Militarnyi. Author of PS Magazine in Ukrainian, a project dedicated to the maintenance of U.S. military equipment.
Author's publications
Ronins Discover Hangar With Russian Armored Vehicles, Set It Ablaze

Ronins Discover Hangar With Russian Armored Vehicles, Set It Ablaze

Servicemembers of the Ronin unmanned systems battalion of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade discovered a hangar containing five Russian armored ...
December 14, 2025
20:17
SOF Hits Fuel Train in Crimea, FPV Operator Training Center in Donetsk Region

SOF Hits Fuel Train in Crimea, FPV Operator Training Center in Donetsk Region

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) struck a fuel train and an oil depot in Crimea, the Volna-2 anti-drone electronic warfare station, and a ...
December 14, 2025
18:29
Difficult Night for Russian Air Defense: Defense Forces Hit Two Oil Depots, Key Substation, and Two Radars in Crimea

Difficult Night for Russian Air Defense: Defense Forces Hit Two Oil Depots, Key Substation, and Two Radars in Crimea

Defense Forces struck two oil depots, including one in Simferopol, a substation in Dzhankoy — a key facility supplying electricity to temporarily o...
December 14, 2025
17:48
Around 10% of Strike Drones Reach Targets After Penetrating Russian Air Defenses — RUSI

Around 10% of Strike Drones Reach Targets After Penetrating Russian Air Defenses — RUSI

According to analysts, while Russia cannot protect all of its facilities from long-range drone attacks, when its air defenses are saturated or brok...
December 14, 2025
17:09
Russia Attacks UAE-Owned Ship in Black Sea With Drone

Russia Attacks UAE-Owned Ship in Black Sea With Drone

Russian forces attacked the VIVA, a vessel owned by a company from the United Arab Emirates, with a drone in the Black Sea. The ship was sailing fr...
December 14, 2025
16:31
Repeated Assault in Pokrovsk Ends in Failure as Russian Motorcycle Convoy Stalls on Wreckage

Repeated Assault in Pokrovsk Ends in Failure as Russian Motorcycle Convoy Stalls on Wreckage

A Russian motorcycle convoy attempted an assault in the Pokrovsk area. Still, it was unable to advance after becoming stuck amid the wreckage from ...
December 14, 2025
15:48
Strike Drones Hit One of Russia’s Largest Oil Refineries for the Second Time in Three Days

Strike Drones Hit One of Russia’s Largest Oil Refineries for the Second Time in Three Days

On the night of December 14, strike drones attacked an oil refinery in the Russian city of Yaroslavl for the second time in three days. The facilit...
December 14, 2025
13:31
Media: U.S. Ready to Provide Ukraine with NATO-Style Article 5 Security Guarantees

Media: U.S. Ready to Provide Ukraine with NATO-Style Article 5 Security Guarantees

The United States has claimed that it is ready to offer Ukraine legally binding security guarantees similar to NATO’s Article 5 as part of a possib...
December 14, 2025
10:02
Japan Applies to Participate in EU’s €150 Billion SAFE Defense Procurement Program

Japan Applies to Participate in EU’s €150 Billion SAFE Defense Procurement Program

Japan has submitted an official application to participate in the SAFE defense procurement program, the EU's €150 billion defense investment instru...
December 13, 2025
15:55
Rare An-26KPA Kalibrovschik Laboratory Aircraft Hit in Kacha: What is this Aircraft for?

Rare An-26KPA Kalibrovschik Laboratory Aircraft Hit in Kacha: What is this Aircraft for?

In Crimea, the DIU's strike drones hit not an ordinary An-26 transport aircraft, but a rare An-26KPA Kalibrovschik laboratory aircraft designed to ...
December 13, 2025
15:06
SSU Drones Set Fire to Russian Oil Platforms in the Caspian Sea

SSU Drones Set Fire to Russian Oil Platforms in the Caspian Sea

Long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Alpha Special Operations Center have successfully attacked Russian oil platforms in the ...
December 13, 2025
12:29
Scouts of Freedom of Russia Legion Infiltrated Russian Rear and Destroyed UAV Control Center

Scouts of Freedom of Russia Legion Infiltrated Russian Rear and Destroyed UAV Control Center

A reconnaissance group of the Freedom of Russia Legion penetrated 8 kilometers into the enemy's rear in the Pokrovsk sector and destroyed the UAV c...
December 13, 2025
11:29
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry Procurement Officer Reveals Timeline for Sapsan Tactical Ballistic Missile Program After 2022

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry Procurement Officer Reveals Timeline for Sapsan Tactical Ballistic Missile Program After 2022

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine first signed a state contract for the purchase of the 1KR1 Sapsan operational-tactical missile system in 2022, a...
December 12, 2025
22:58
China Can Send 300 Thousand Troops to Taiwan Within 10 Days

China Can Send 300 Thousand Troops to Taiwan Within 10 Days

China's landing ships can land 21,000 troops in the first wave of an attack, and 300,000 in 10 days if civilian vessels are mobilized. This is a...
December 12, 2025
18:43
EU Officially Approves Program to Support Ukraine’s Defense Industry and Integrate It with the Union’s Defense Sector

EU Officially Approves Program to Support Ukraine’s Defense Industry and Integrate It with the Union’s Defense Sector

The Council of the European Union has officially approved the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). The document provides, among other things...
December 9, 2025
12:10
Investigation: Israeli Company Elbit Suspended from NATO Procurement due to Corruption

Investigation: Israeli Company Elbit Suspended from NATO Procurement due to Corruption

Investigative journalists have discovered that Elbit Systems, Israel's largest arms company, is involved in a corruption scandal involving NATO's p...
December 8, 2025
22:38
Ukrainian Forces Strike Ammunition, Drone and Fuel Depots in Temporarily Occupied Territory

Ukrainian Forces Strike Ammunition, Drone and Fuel Depots in Temporarily Occupied Territory

On the night of December 8, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck ammunition, drone and fuel depots in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk ...
December 8, 2025
21:25
Killed in Action: Su-27 Navigator Killed During Combat Mission

Killed in Action: Su-27 Navigator Killed During Combat Mission

Lieutenant Colonel Yevhen Ivanov, a navigator of a Su-27 fighter jet, was killed in action during a combat mission. This was reported by the Air...
December 8, 2025
18:42
U.S. Successfully Tests Abrams Tank Integrated with Switchblade Drones

U.S. Successfully Tests Abrams Tank Integrated with Switchblade Drones

American companies General Dynamics and AeroVironment have successfully tested their jointly developed PERCH launcher for Switchblade drones, integ...
December 8, 2025
11:59
Price of Rogue 1 Strike Drones for U.S. Marines Falls to ‘Only’ $70,000

Price of Rogue 1 Strike Drones for U.S. Marines Falls to ‘Only’ $70,000

The U.S. Marine Corps has signed a new contract to purchase Rogue 1 attack drones, ground stations, and related services. Compared to the initial p...
December 8, 2025
11:52
China Targets Japanese F-15 Fighters in International Waters

China Targets Japanese F-15 Fighters in International Waters

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet tracked a Japanese F-15 on radar, indicating potential readiness to engage, while flying in international waters. Blo...
December 7, 2025
21:41
Iran Receives New Hadid-110 Stealth Jet Drone

Iran Receives New Hadid-110 Stealth Jet Drone

The ground forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have taken delivery of a new stealth drone, the Hadid-110. The report appea...
December 7, 2025
20:13
Benin Coup Attempt: Military Announces Overthrow of President, Government Denies

Benin Coup Attempt: Military Announces Overthrow of President, Government Denies

The military in the West African country of Benin announced on national television that it had overthrown President Patrice Talon and seized power....
December 7, 2025
19:44
US Expected to Cease Serving as NATO’s Primary Conventional Force After 2027

US Expected to Cease Serving as NATO’s Primary Conventional Force After 2027

Senior Pentagon officials have warned European partners that while arms supplies to Ukraine will increase, the United States will no longer serve a...
December 7, 2025
18:03
Denmark to Buy Advanced Air Defense and Battle Management Systems for $3 Billion

Denmark to Buy Advanced Air Defense and Battle Management Systems for $3 Billion

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of the IBCS battle management system and two advanced Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) In...
December 7, 2025
17:23
Russian Aircraft Strike Their Own Electrical Substation Near Belgorod

Russian Aircraft Strike Their Own Electrical Substation Near Belgorod

Russian aircraft dropped an unidentified munition, likely a bomb, which landed near an electrical substation on the eastern outskirts of Belgorod. ...
December 7, 2025
11:58
MBDA Presents First Missile for the French HIMARS-Style System

MBDA Presents First Missile for the French HIMARS-Style System

MBDA has for the first time demonstrated the Thundart surface-to-surface missile with a range of 150 kilometers, which is participating in the Fren...
December 7, 2025
11:00
Syrians Present Russians with Bands Used by Rebels who Successfully Attacked Them and Assad’s Forces

Syrians Present Russians with Bands Used by Rebels who Successfully Attacked Them and Assad’s Forces

The Syrian military presented a Russian delegation visiting a military exhibition in Damascus with red armbands, the distinctive accessory of an el...
December 6, 2025
18:58
Ukrainian Forces Hit Ammunition Plant in Temporarily Occupied Territories

Ukrainian Forces Hit Ammunition Plant in Temporarily Occupied Territories

Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant (also known as the Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works) in the Luhansk region, where the...
December 6, 2025
18:18
United States Offered Poland 250 Used Stryker APCs for 1 Dollar

United States Offered Poland 250 Used Stryker APCs for 1 Dollar

The United States has offered to sell Poland 250 used Stryker armored personnel carriers from the US Army units that are planned to be withdrawn fr...
December 6, 2025
11:59
Zelensky: Combat Brigades Will Be Guaranteed to Receive Monthly Replenishment

Zelensky: Combat Brigades Will Be Guaranteed to Receive Monthly Replenishment

The Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff has approved a new mechanism for distributing recruits between units. It should guarantee that each combat b...
December 6, 2025
10:49
Boeing Completes Contract to Convert F-16 Fighters to QF-16 Target Drones

Boeing Completes Contract to Convert F-16 Fighters to QF-16 Target Drones

Boeing has delivered the last QF-16 target drones made from decommissioned F-16 fighter jets to the United States Air Force. Boeing announced th...
December 5, 2025
19:35
Arrow-3 Systems Bought by Germany Could Intercept Iskander Missiles Over Russian Territory

Arrow-3 Systems Bought by Germany Could Intercept Iskander Missiles Over Russian Territory

The Arrow 3 missile-defense systems that Germany purchased from Israel have enough range to intercept Iskander ballistic missiles while they are st...
December 2, 2025
10:10
NATO to Create Cloud-Based Service to Share Experience with Ukraine

NATO to Create Cloud-Based Service to Share Experience with Ukraine

NATO will create a cloud-based service to share combat data with Ukraine, but does not yet have procedures for its secure use. This was reported...
December 1, 2025
21:49
German Companies Dramatically Increase Prosthetics Supply to Russia

German Companies Dramatically Increase Prosthetics Supply to Russia

Due to the large number of amputations among Russian wounded, Russia plans to spend more than 2.5 times more on prosthetics in 2026 than in 2022. A...
December 1, 2025
20:24
Russia Had Both Opportunity and Motive to Blow Up Nord Stream: What Researchers Found

Russia Had Both Opportunity and Motive to Blow Up Nord Stream: What Researchers Found

The Danish Armed Forces have 122 photos showing six Russian ships near the Nord Stream pipeline four days before it was blown up. One of the ships,...
December 1, 2025
13:00
Ukrainian An-124 Delivers Spyder Air-Defense System to Georgia

Ukrainian An-124 Delivers Spyder Air-Defense System to Georgia

The Ukrainian An-124 Ruslan transported three launchers of the Spyder air-defense system from Israel to Georgia. Until now, Georgia had not publicl...
December 1, 2025
10:09
Chinese Company Buys Stake in Leading Russian FPV-Drone Maker

Chinese Company Buys Stake in Leading Russian FPV-Drone Maker

A Chinese company that supplies drone components has become a co-owner of Rustakt, a leading Russian manufacturer of FPV drones and the producer of...
December 1, 2025
09:19
Kizilelma UAV Becomes First to Successfully Use Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile

Kizilelma UAV Becomes First to Successfully Use Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile

Baykar’s Turkish jet-powered UAV Kizilelma has become the first in the world to destroy an air target using a medium-range air-to-air missile, empl...
November 30, 2025
22:42
Ukrainian Interceptor Drone Downs Jet-Powered Shahed for the First Time

Ukrainian Interceptor Drone Downs Jet-Powered Shahed for the First Time

During the Russian attack on the night of November 30, Ukrainian interceptor drones shot down several Russian Shahed jet-powered drones for the fir...
November 30, 2025
20:16
Germany Plans to Purchase 50 IRIS-T SLM Air Defense Systems

Germany Plans to Purchase 50 IRIS-T SLM Air Defense Systems

The German army plans to purchase 50 IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense systems, which would be supplied not only to the Air Force but also to new...
November 30, 2025
17:49
Pro-Palestinian Activists Attack Aircraft Engine Repair Plant in Scotland

Pro-Palestinian Activists Attack Aircraft Engine Repair Plant in Scotland

British police have launched an investigation after pro-Palestinian activists vandalized an aircraft engine component repair plant in Glasgow, Scot...
November 30, 2025
17:01
New US Army Basic Training: More ‘Healthy Fear’ and Less Studying

New US Army Basic Training: More ‘Healthy Fear’ and Less Studying

The US Secretary of War has described what the new basic training for recruits will be like: it should be “scary, tough, and disciplined.” At the s...
November 29, 2025
18:57
Avangard or Sarmat: Another Version of Russian Missile Explosion Emerges

Avangard or Sarmat: Another Version of Russian Missile Explosion Emerges

The missile that exploded near the village of Yasnyi, the Orenburg region of Russia, was an RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, not an...
November 29, 2025
12:39
Ukrainian Forces Launch Combined Strike in Crimea: Air Defense and UAV Depots Attacked

Ukrainian Forces Launch Combined Strike in Crimea: Air Defense and UAV Depots Attacked

The Ukrainian Navy, together with Special Operations Forces units, conducted a combined strike against Russian targets in temporarily occupied Crim...
November 29, 2025
10:25
Flight Over Baltic Sea Was Performed by a “New” Tu-22M3 Bomber Armed with an Kh-22 Missile

Flight Over Baltic Sea Was Performed by a “New” Tu-22M3 Bomber Armed with an Kh-22 Missile

One of the three Tu-22M3s that took part in recent flights over the Baltic Sea had a previously unknown tail number and was armed with an Kh-22 ant...
November 28, 2025
21:35
Failed Launch of Avangard System: Hypersonic Missile Exploded at Russian Test Site

Failed Launch of Avangard System: Hypersonic Missile Exploded at Russian Test Site

Local residents recorded the fall and subsequent explosion of a rocket near the village of Yasny, Orenburg region of Russia. It was likely an UR-10...
November 28, 2025
20:20
Protector Tested as Strike UGV With Tavria-12.7 Combat Module as Primary Armament

Protector Tested as Strike UGV With Tavria-12.7 Combat Module as Primary Armament

Ukrainian Armor has tested the Protector heavy unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with the Tavria-12.7 integrated remote-controlled combat module. Uk...
November 24, 2025
22:18