DAVID SHIMER served on the National Security Council from 2021 to 2025, including as Director for Eastern Europe and Ukraine and Director for Russian Affairs, and is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

The number of Russian drones and missiles in the barrage set a single-night record and underscored Ukraine’s need for weapons.

Ukraine's booming defense industry is revolutionizing modern warfare — and reshaping how Western militaries think, build, and potentially fight.

Officials say a Ukrainian drone has struck an industrial plant deep inside Russia, injuring several people and causing a fire

Ukraine said Saturday it struck an airbase in Russia, which continued overnight to use hundreds of drones in its stepped-up bombing campaign. The fresh wave of attacks signal a breakthrough isn't expected anytime soon in efforts to end the more than three-year-old war.

Nothing but terror and murder' — Russia pounds Kyiv with record overnight drone, missile attack, 1 dead, 26 injured * Zelensky, Trump discuss air defense, joint drone production amid Russian strikes * 'There is also good news' — Ukrainian drones hit key military optics plant in Russia,

I’m not happy,” Trump said after a call with Vladimir Putin, noting that he doesn’t believe the Russian leader is ready to end the war. “I’m very disappointed.”

Ukraine's defence tech industry is transforming modern warfare with drones, battlefield AI, and robotics, faster and cheaper than any military in history.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone struck a Russian industrial plant some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from Ukraine, a local official said Tuesday, after Ukraine President Volodymyr ...