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
Defense Forces Thwart Invaders’ Assault on Border Village of Sotnytskyi Kozachok, Kharkiv Region

Defense Forces Thwart Invaders’ Assault on Border Village of Sotnytskyi Kozachok, Kharkiv Region

Unmanned systems units of the State Border Guard Service and the 22nd Mechanized Brigade have fought off an assault by Russian forces that had conc...
December 21, 2025
20:17
New Frigates of Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ to Be Based on Patrol Ship

New Frigates of Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ to Be Based on Patrol Ship

The design of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Legend-class patrol ship will form the basis for the U.S. Navy’s new FF(X) frigates, which will become part of...
December 21, 2025
19:14
Turkey Confirms Start of Construction of 300-Meter Aircraft Carrier

Turkey Confirms Start of Construction of 300-Meter Aircraft Carrier

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and naval commanders have confirmed the start of construction of a 300-meter aircraft carrier. Erdoğan also ...
December 21, 2025
17:09
Denmark to Launch Production of 122mm Rockets Using Serbian Technology for PULS and HIMARS

Denmark to Launch Production of 122mm Rockets Using Serbian Technology for PULS and HIMARS

Danish company SkyPro Propulsion has received approval to produce 122mm rockets and plans to begin output of up to 10,000 units a year in the summe...
December 21, 2025
16:28
US Seizes Second Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast

US Seizes Second Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast

The United States, involving Coast Guard units, has seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters. Reuters repor...
December 21, 2025
15:47
Prototype of Polish Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle Ratel to Be Ready by End of 2026

Prototype of Polish Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle Ratel to Be Ready by End of 2026

The first prototype of Poland’s heavy infantry fighting vehicle Ratel, with a combat weight of 42 tonnes, is expected to be ready by the end of 202...
December 21, 2025
15:08
Testing in Ukraine: Promising French Loitering Munitions Face Real Battlefield Trials

Testing in Ukraine: Promising French Loitering Munitions Face Real Battlefield Trials

EOS Technologie will supply its new long-range loitering munitions, the Veloce 330 and Rodeur 330, to the Ukrainian Defense Forces for battlefield ...
December 21, 2025
13:25
First Ukrainian Communications Satellite UASAT-NANO Scheduled for October 2026 Launch

First Ukrainian Communications Satellite UASAT-NANO Scheduled for October 2026 Launch

The Ukrainian low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation project UASAT LEO has entered the implementation stage. The launch of Ukraine’s first satelli...
December 21, 2025
09:52
Most Czechs Believe that New Government Should Help Ukraine, but Not with Weapons

Most Czechs Believe that New Government Should Help Ukraine, but Not with Weapons

Most Czechs believe that the new government of Andrej Babiš should continue to help Ukraine. More than half of the population is in favor of humani...
December 20, 2025
10:59
Russia Launched Massive Ballistic Missile Attack on Port Infrastructure in Odesa Region

Russia Launched Massive Ballistic Missile Attack on Port Infrastructure in Odesa Region

The Russian Federation launched a massive ballistic missile attack on the port infrastructure of the Odesa region, killing 7 people and wounding 15...
December 20, 2025
10:22
Museum of the Russo-Ukrainian War Reveals What Ukrainian Bars Jet Drone Looks Like

Museum of the Russo-Ukrainian War Reveals What Ukrainian Bars Jet Drone Looks Like

The Museum of the Russo-Ukrainian War has received a new exhibit - a Ukrainian Bars jet drone. It has revealed the appearance of this drone, about ...
December 19, 2025
21:42
Poland Ready to Transfer MiG-29 Fighters to Ukraine in Exchange for Anti-Drone Systems

Poland Ready to Transfer MiG-29 Fighters to Ukraine in Exchange for Anti-Drone Systems

Poland is ready to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in exchange for anti-missile systems, a decision that can be made after ‘some formalitie...
December 19, 2025
18:45
New Czech Defense Minister Confirms Continuation of Czech Initiative to Purchase Shells for Ukraine in 2026

New Czech Defense Minister Confirms Continuation of Czech Initiative to Purchase Shells for Ukraine in 2026

The new Czech Defence Minister Jaromír Zuna has confirmed the continuation of the Czech Initiative, aimed at purchasing ammunition for Ukraine from...
December 19, 2025
18:04
EU Tightens Sanctions on Belarus Amid Weather Balloon Smuggling Incidents

EU Tightens Sanctions on Belarus Amid Weather Balloon Smuggling Incidents

The European Union has tightened sanctions against Belarus amid “incidents” involving weather balloons used to smuggle contraband, diverging from t...
December 16, 2025
10:37
SSU Strikes at Russian Oil Production Platforms in the Caspian Sea For Third Time in a Week

SSU Strikes at Russian Oil Production Platforms in the Caspian Sea For Third Time in a Week

For the third time in a week, long-range drones of the SSU's Alpha Special Operations Center have hit oil production platforms of Lukoil-Nizhnevolz...
December 15, 2025
21:03
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