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We are running out of a key material to build roads and homes. And the guilt has the war in Ukraine

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In the middle of the month of May a photo seemed to have sneaked between the “normality” of some remote roads from Teruel. The constant coming and going of loaded trucks up to clay He had the answer to thousands of kilometers, in the epicenter of the war in Ukraine. The shortage of the material because of the conflict had found a solution in southern Europe. But now it is, perhaps, more dangerous. We are running out of TNT. From the boom to the agency. I told it a few hours ago The New York Times. For more than a century, Trinitrotoluene (TNT) was a pillar of the American military and civil industry, with millions of tons produced for The two world wars and the second half of the twentieth century. Cheap and abundant (it cost just 50 cents per pound), it became key input for projectiles, pumps and the construction of roads, infrastructure and homes. The problem? That its production generated highly toxic waste, which led to the closing of the last national plant In the eighties. Since then, Washington became dependent on foreign suppliers, mainly in China, Russia, Poland and Ukraine, which assumed the environmental costs of their manufacture. The impact of war. The Russian invasion in 2022 transformed that scheme. The United States stopped recycling explosives of obsolete arsenals, by deciding allocate your production to kyiv. At the same time, Russia and China They cut Exports to the West, leaving the American industry without access to its usual sources. Thus, the European conflict triggered a World TNT scarcity with direct consequences for arms production and, very important, also for civil sectors such as mining and construction. Effects. The lack of TNT Threat with slowing down Infrastructure projects, from roads and bridges to the supply of cement and basic materials. He underlined the Times that the usual procedure in quarries (where minimal loads of TNT detonate ammonium nitrate mixtures with other compounds) has been affected by the reduction of supplies. The use of drones, 3D scanners and digital calculations allows more precise and safe explosions, capable of moving More than 100,000 tons of rock in a single shot, but without TNT the processes lose efficacy, which raises costs and threatens the availability of raw materials. The United States response. Given the shortage, Congress approved the construction of a new TNT plant in Kentucky, with a Budget of 435 million of dollars. It is planned to start operating in 2028, but, and very important, it will only produce for military use, without supplying the civil sector. No doubt, this reflects a clear priority: ensure the autonomy of the military-industrial complex against external dependence, although leaving without immediate solution the problem of extractive and construction industries. In parallel, the pentagon works in Diversify suppliers and increase the internal production of other explosives and propellant. Alternatives and scenarios. At present, the industry seeks substitutes such as The Petn (Tetranitrate Pentaeritritol), which is already manufactured in three US facilities, although its capacity is limited and it is not clear if it can be climbed quickly. Meanwhile, the country’s army has given signs of having assured Additional TNT sources out of Poland, although Without revealing details. In any case, the situation raises a strategic dilemma: the dependence on obsolete material but irreplaceable in many processes, whose absence threatens both the war capacity and the stability of basic sectors of the economy. TNT’s scarcity exposes, one more timehow a distant war can disrupt critical supply chains and force industrial powers to rethink their energy, technological and military security. Image | Operational Command “West” In Xataka | Ukraine has entered a phase so deranged with the drones that his drones are knocking themselves to themselves In Xataka | Someone has taken a look at Russia’s satellite images and has discovered something: it is running out of tanks

Ukraine has entered a phase so deranged with the drones that his drones are knocking themselves to themselves

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More than six months have passed since the war in Ukraine entered fully into one of the more deranged phases of the contest. We refer to a scene that, then, was more typical of science fiction: drones throwing drones To attack other drones. Over time these “mother” drones have become part of the day to day. What nobody warned is that there was going to be such a chaotic traffic that no one knows the flag of the drone that comes from the front. Electronic war chaos. Yes, the saturation of drones in the Ukraine War has generated an unprecedented scenario where The electronic war It becomes a double -edged sword: in the attempt to block Russian drones, Ukrainian forces often interfere Your own devicescausing losses and dysfunctions in full operation. In the worst case, knocking down with each other. This is because many drones of both sides use the same frequencies, as is the case with The Russian Zala and the Ukrainian Shark. When electronic war units seek to cancel the Zala, they also leave the Shark inoperative, essential to detect objectives that are later attacked by artillery and missiles. The confusion is such that, in some sectors of just one kilometer in front, there may be More than 60 drones in the airforcing a constant coordination that is rarely perfect. The risk of saturation. In fact, They counted in Insider That the conditions on the front have generated panic situations in which soldiers, unable to quickly distinguish if a drone is an ally or enemy, choose to block all available frequencies or even shoot at any device in flight. This uncertainty is aggravated because many drones carry improvised explosives or throw grenades, an absolute asylum that leaves just seconds to the infantry to decide. Signal superposition has also allowed operators, without proposing it, connect to the enemy drone transmissionreceiving involuntary information about their movements and objectives. No doubt, the phenomenon reflects the technical limits of electronic war in an environment where drone density exceeds any previous record in war conflicts. The technological career. It We have counted other times. The magnitude of drone use has turned the battlefield into a Innovation laboratory In real time. Ukraine, lacking enough Western weapons And surpassed by the size of the Russian army, has opted for the mass production of drones of all kinds, from industrial models to creations in improvised workshops, reaching 2.2 million in 2024 and with the aim of doubling that figure in 2025. At the same time, Russia ha Increased your investment In production and deployment, using dwarfs both on the front and in combined attacks against Ukrainian cities, where drones mixes Kamikazes with missiles To complicate aerial defense. The result is a dynamic of action and reaction in which both sides rehearse alternative systems, such as fiber optic drones resistant to interference, improvised armors against air attacks and enhanced platforms by artificial intelligence. Consequences for the current war. The Ukrainian experience shows that modern war is fought not only with projectiles, but also With electronic signals that can decide the effectiveness or failure of an offensive. The so -called “war fog” has moved to the electromagnetic spectrum, where frequency saturation turns the sky into an ungovernable space. At the same time, interference errors, the vulnerability of the systems and the improvised creativity of the combatants are sitting precedents that will influence in the armies of the future. If you want, the lessons learned in Ukraine (from the need for stronger identification protocols to the redesign of electronic warfare -resistant drones) will mold the way in which the powers integrate swarms and electronic countermeasures in their doctrines. Image | State Emergency Service of Ukraine, National Police of Ukraine In Xataka | The war in Ukraine, far from approaching its end, has added a disturbing ingredient: an unexpected “friend” for Russia In Xataka | The war in Ukraine has entered its deranged phase: there are drones throwing drones to attack other drones

that the US bought the “peace” offered to Ukraine

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The weekend began a “trip” that has ended with The meeting Trump with Zelenski and European leaders and negotiations on the end of the Ukraine War as a backdrop. In the last meeting the feared clash was avoided, but left an uncertain peace process full of traps. While kyiv and his allies were looking for security guarantees clear and stop the idea that giving territory is a previous condition, Moscow has already achieved something that did not imagine even in its best dreams: having a Winning Baraja. The last encounter. This general perception of Victoria in Moscow is given by several factors, but mainly thanks to awkwardness of the envoy Steve Witkoff and the Trump’s complacency that Russia’s territorial demands are assumed as a starting point. Putin insists that Ukraine abandons what he still controls in Donetsk and Lugansk, a assignment Impossible for Zelenski without incurring a political and military suicide, but whose negative could be presented as an obstacle to peace. Europe has preferred to focus its efforts In vague promises Of “ITA -style 5” protection, lacking precision and effective military commitments, while Trump offers only indirect “help and coordination”. Alaska’s failure. The key to all the negotiation until now was given the weekend. The summit held in Anchorage between Trump and Putin resulted in A diplomatic fiasco that the American strategy towards war in Ukraine was questioned. Trump sought to start the immediate fire, but Putin He denied yieldreaffirming some objectives that are equivalent, in practice, to the Ukrainian capitulation. In exchange for the treatment of a guest of honor and the symbolic rehabilitation of a leader under constant scrutiny in the West, the US president barely obtained empty compliments. Far from pressing, he resigned to threatening severe consequences and did not even mention the possibility of an encounter Three bands with Zelenski, which showed a position of weakness and a worrying alignment with the Russian narrative. Putin is imposed. During the joint press conference, Putin insisted that to achieve a sustainable solution They had to attend The “deep causes” of the conflict, euphemism that in its lexicon implies reverse the expansion of NATO since 1997, to ensure that Ukraine never one ever joins the Atlantic Alliance, reduce the size of kyiv’s armed forces and consolidate the loss of occupied territories. In other words, a redesign of European security architecture under parameters dictated by Moscow. Trump, far from rejecting these claims, implied that he was willing to discuss themalso transferring the burden of reaching an agreement to Ukraine and its European allies. The 2018 meeting Custom negotiation. Trump He assumed the thesis Putin to move towards a global agreement instead of a high provisional fire, an option that kyiv shared before but today, with advances in the front, favors Moscow only, allowing him to delay conversations and consolidate occupations. The Russian territorial demands, which include forcing Ukraine to resign the Donetsk room and Lugansk still under their control, constitute A red line For kyiv and Europe. Trump, however, declared have coincided With Putin “in most points”, which suggests a dangerous willingness to validate a kind of territorial amputation that would militarily weaken to Ukraine, destabilize its internal policy and open the door to new Russian aggressions. The enigma USA. Remembered the Financial Times that this turn raises Two readings disturbing: either Trump sympathizes in the background with the logic of brute force that legitimizes territorial annexation, or is easily molded by his last interlocutor, without his own coherent strategy. If the first case, Ukraine and Europe would face an insurmountable obstacle. In the second, they could still try to reorient their position in future meetings. In any case, the diplomatic success that Europeans thought they had assured the week before the meeting has been demonstrated illusory and passenger. Repetition of patterns. I remembered The New York Times that Anchorage’s scene evoked strongly Helsinki meeting In 2018, when Trump trusted Putin’s word more than in American intelligence services themselves. Again, the personal closeness with the Russian president resulted in strategic concessions. For many observers, the summit recalled the echoes of the Munich agreement From 1938, when Neville Chamberlain gave part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler in a vain attempt to appease. Figures Like Boris Johnson They did not hesitate to qualify the episode of “vomitive” and one of the worst moments of modern international diplomacy. Horizon of uncertainty. Although Trump spoke of “agreements” and Putin alluded to a mysterious “understanding” achieved in Alaska, There are no signs that the Kremlin is willing to give up its most extreme demands. The apparent euphoria of the US delegation contrasts with The harsh reality: There is no fire, there are no additional sanctions and there is no term that limits the Russian offensive. Thus, the war, far from approaching its end, It extends With a new ingredient of concern: the disposition of the US president to legitimize Moscow’s demands on behalf of a peace That, if materializing in current terms, it would have more capitulation than lasting solution. Image | Сергей бобыёвKremlin.ru In Xataka | Russia has up to four unpublished robots in a war. We hadn’t seen Ukraine’s response: Flamingo In Xataka | Ukraine has opened Russia’s last drone and does not leave his astonishment: it is the first time that China does something like that

It is not that the war has entered its Mad Max phase, is that Ukraine is using the trucks we saw in the movie

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In the month of June some began to arrive disturbing images From the war in Ukraine. We had previously seen how First and second World War were recognized in Some practicesbut the last was radical: waves offensive of Russian troops on two wheels, in motorcycles as a main tool to move towards the Ukrainian lines, in an attempt to avoid the destruction of their armored Modern to the power of drones. To that phase He has followed another almost traced to Miller’s movie. An improvised armor. Yes, the war in Ukraine has turned the battlefields into stages that remind of Mad Max universewith military vehicles covered by improvised shields seeking to resist the scourge of explosive drones. A recent image Taken in Kostiantynyaivka, north of Donetsk, showed a Humvee American used by Ukraine surrounded by a huge metal cage with networks and sticks protruding from its structure, an extreme example of solutions of fortune That both Russians and Ukrainians develop to try to protect themselves from an increasingly lethal enemy: the small drones that, with costs of just a few hundred dollars, are capable of destroying armor of millions. Origin and evolution. These protective screens, popularly known as “Cope Cages”began to be seen months ago, when the proliferation of drones transformed the land war. Initially they were installed only in combat cars and armored vehicles, but soon They spread to a wide range of systems. Your designs They vary greatly: Some structures are crude and heavy, others are better planned, incorporating metal cages, steel plates, chains, skewers, camouflage networks and even reactive armor to reinforce the most vulnerable areas. In the Russian case, some tanks have become completely coveredwhat has earned them the nickname “Tortuga tanks” for its resemblance to the shell of these animals. Industrial adaptation What began as improvisation of the soldiers themselves has evolved towards a more organized production. In fact, the Russian army already distributes official instructions for the construction of these cages, while in Ukraine several companies have developed versions adapted to different models, since T-64 and T-72 tanks of Soviet origin to the Abrams and Bradley supplied by the United States, even through Patriot antiacere systems. Despite this, the real effectiveness of these devices is the object of debate. The reason? Although they can offer some protection against FPV drones and some anti -tank weapons, Its weight and volume They usually hinder mobility and vehicle operations. The omnipresent drone. It We have counted many times. He drone boom low cost, used massively by both sides, has consolidated its role as asymmetric factor Decisive: They are able to neutralize high -value vehicles or eliminate entire crews with a minimum investment. The proliferation of this type of weapons has forced the last resort defenses as These “Cope Cages”but it has also promoted the development of more sophisticated technological measures. Electronic countermeasures. Both Ukraine and Russia resort to extensively to The electronic warblocking communications between operators and drones or interfering with your systems GPS navigation. In response to this, new generations of drones resistant to these techniques have emerged, such as connection models by optical fiberthat maintain a direct physical link with the operator and leave behind cable kilometers in the field. Outside, drones endowed of artificial intelligence They begin to be used more frequently, capable of completing their missions even if the connection is interrupted. Race between attack and defense. If you also want, the image of vehicles covered by improvised cages is the visible materialization of the New war dynamics In Ukraine: a constant career between the offensive capacity of cheap drones and the defensive creativity of soldiers and engineers. Although, as we said, some of these shields offer limited protection, their expansion reflects the urgency with which both armies try to adapt to an environment where the main threat does not always come from a long -range missile, but from a small artisanal drone that, thrown by an operator kilometers away, can decide the fate of a combat car that costs a fortune. Image | Special Kherson Cat, Heute, X, Аinform In Xataka | Ukraine has opened the most advanced Drone Kamikaze in Russia. Now they know what the key to their power is: nvidia In Xataka | Ukraine has hunted an “invisible” drone of Russia. The surprise has been capitalized when opening it: it is “made in USA”

In the last one they agreed to the end of the war in Ukraine by error

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This Friday a meeting will take place with historical character depending on what is remembered (or not). Finally, and if nothing twists, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the heads of state of the United States and Russia, They will gather in Alaska With the Ukraine War as the main conductive thread. One thing should be quite clear: whatever they are talking about, we should keep calm and wait for a second translation after the first statements. An error He already put an end to the contest a few days ago. The misunderstanding. The scene took place last week and the German medium Bild. Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff erroneously interpreted Vladimir Putin’s statements during his meeting at the Kremlin. The Russian president maintained his goal of obtaining total control of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporiyia and Jersón, offering only a partial high in the attacks (limited to not hitting energy infrastructure or large cities in the rear), but without contemplating a high fire. Washington, meanwhile, had proposed to freeze the war on the current front line in exchange for broadly lifting the sanctions and establishing new economic agreements with Moscow, an initiative that was rejected by the Kremlin. What happened? That Witkoff confused the Russian demand of “peaceful withdrawal” of Ukrainians in occupied territories with a supposed Russian withdrawal of those same areas, a carafal error that, according to officials Ukrainians and Germansdemonstrates ignorance and incompetence in territorial matters of Washington. Diplomatic repercussions. The episode, apparently, It was discussed In a recent night videoconference between Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and European partners. The meeting left the Europeans already Ukraine surprised with an unprecedented truce of war. A situation that, once understood, gave way to the feeling that the Trump administration does not have a unified vision of the situation, with the confusion of Witkoff as Inexplicable and central factor. In addition, a Criteria difference: Rubio defended the direct involvement of Europe in the negotiating process, while Vance and Witkoff preferred to just inform the allies of the steps Trump will adopt. A history of disagreements. Had a few hours ago The Financial Times that previous summits between Trump and Putin have been marked by unusual dynamics and episodes that feed the perception of a constant tactical advantage for the Russian leader. From Your first encounter At the Hamburg G20 Summit in 2017 (where Trump confiscated The notes of his interpreter and held private conversations without the presence of US officials) until the meeting of Helsinki in 2018When he publicly questioned the conclusion of his own intelligence services on Russian interference in the 2016 elections, the employer has been of interactions without transparencyAcritic acceptance of Putin’s statements and absence of internal control mechanisms. Other contacts, such as in Vietnam or in the G20 of Buenos Aires, They repeated the format of informal exchanges and without registration, reinforcing the image of a Trump more inclined to the personal relationship than to the structured confrontation with its counterpart. Putin tactics and risks. Analysts and veterans of negotiations with the Kremlin, as the former French president François Hollande, They warn that Putin combines an exhaustive domain of the technical and legal details with a strategy of “professional lie” and manipulation of the times. Among his methods is Deliberately lengthened Conversations with extensive stories, introduce half large truths and offer minimal concessions to appear movement without modifying their substantial position. Past examples They include denying any relationship with safe separatists in Donbás despite the evidence of military and financial support, or rejecting international border monitoring claiming that there were no violations. This style, together with your absence of pressure internal policy and its experience of decades, contrasts with a Trump described by European interlocutors as emotional, impatient and little inclined to factual analysis, which It makes vulnerable to the biases that Putin can explode. Demands and position of Ukraine. President Volodimir Zelenski insists In participating directly in the conversations and has declared that it is willing to stop the fire, but not to give in occupied territory. Trump, who has suggested a possible “exchange of territories for the benefit of both”, contemplated a trilateral summit, although finally Keep the bilateral requested by Putin as initial format. Vice President JD Vance admits That an eventual agreement will leave both parties unsatisfied, but acknowledges that it works to coordinate agendas that allow the three leaders to sit. Expectations The Alaska meetingfirst since Trump’s return to the White House, occurs at a time when the US president no longer Face the limitations that imposed in his first mandate a vigilant congress and advisors who tried to channel the relationship with Moscow. Now acts with a much greater marginbacked by a small team and without significant internal counterweights, while Putin continues to operate in an environment where It has no rivals immediate. Observers like Kirill Rogov They anticipate that the Kremlin will try to persuade Trump to accept his narrative and stop the support of Ukraine, a strategic objective that does not require substantive concessions. Although the Summer Russian Offensive It has had limited results and external factors (such as Trump’s threat to impose tariffs to the Indian oil) They could give him incentives to dialogue, the general expectation is that Putin will seek to win time, while Trump will prioritize get an agreement that can present as personal victory in foreign policy. And, in the background, please there is someone to translate what they agree on. Image | Trump White House Archced In Xataka | Ukraine has opened the most advanced Drone Kamikaze in Russia. 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Ukraine has opened the most advanced Drone Kamikaze in Russia. Now they know what the key to their power is: nvidia

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For a while to this Ukrainian part has turned the opening of the different Russian drones confiscated or fallen in combat in the closest to research pieces to third parties. Thus they have revealed from hidden messages of the troops of Moscow, until The origin of the vast majority of technology components (with big surprises). It has also been known to what extent China is part of the war machinery. Now you have to add to a new and important actor: Nvidia. Drones with ia. We have gone counting: The drone war in Ukraine has entered into A new phasewith both sides competing for deploying systems endowed with artificial intelligence capable of Resist electronic interference and attack objectives autonomously. The chip. What has now known is that Russia, despite the sanctions that should prevent access to Nvidia hardware, has managed to incorporate Its powerful Jetson processors in several of the most advanced drones models, obtained by contraband in small lots and through third countries. These chips, fundamental in the development of AI due to their parallel processing capacity, allow to integrate advanced navigation, recognition and guided functions that increase lethality and reduce dependence on control links vulnerable to blockages. Nvidia and the technological basis. Nvidia, valued in more than Four billion dollars and around 85% of the global market From chips for AI, it produces both high performance units for data centers and Jetson compact plates for edge devices, including drones. The latter, low relative cost, They have demonstrated in competitions of 2021 and 2023 its capacity to defeat human pilots In FPV races, using only sensors and processing on board. The version Jetson Orincurrent standard in advanced drones, multiply by ten the power of your predecessor Tx2opening the door to autonomous navigation algorithms, detection of complex objectives and maneuvers such as swarm. Digital predators. In 2023 It was discovered that Russian drones Lancet, with 11 kg of weight and scope of 40 km, They used the Jetson Tx2 For automatic monitoring functions, increasing impact precision even if communication was lost. After an initial phase of problems in 2024, software improvements raised from 30% to 60% the percentage of impacts guided by AI. Forbes counted that the new generation includes three key models with Jetson Orin: the Shahed modified MS001that Combine Satellite navigation, thermal chamber and objective recognition; The V2Uof four wings and 40 km of reach, with navigation by comparison of land and sequential attack capacity in basic swarm, and the Tyuvika small version of the Shahed with 32 km of reach, designed to hunt moving vehicles and manufactured with commercial components. Capacities and limitations. The MS001, in addition to its autonomous navigation, can Identify and attack Objectives without depending exclusively on preprogrammed coordinates. The V2U, with a high -resolution camera, laser telemeter and digital modem, can Tour routes Looking for whites, although his discrimination is imperfect and has registered erroneous attacks. Your mode of teamworkdistinguishing drones by color marks and attacking in shifts, represents an advance towards the coordinated swarm. The Tyuvik, lighter, points to saturate defenses by low cost and mass production. In all cases, software and hardware are scalable and compatible between platforms, which allows to incorporate simultaneously the entire fleet. Strategic implications. No doubt, these advances bring the end of the drones not endowed with in high intensity environments. With software systems as Flir prism either Auterion Skynodenew functions (from air combat to advanced swarm) can be implemented quickly and with reduced costs. Hardware proliferation Like Jetsonaccessible in the global and difficult to control market, makes this technology “out of the bottle” and available for any state or non -state actor. On the Ukrainian front, where drone saturation marks the combat rhythm, the combination of flexible production, advanced AI and autonomous capabilities multiply the threat and redefine the balance in the Low Cota Air War. Image | UKRAINE MOD In Xataka | Ukraine has hunted an “invisible” drone of Russia. The surprise has been capitalized when opening it: it is “made in USA” In Xataka | Ukraine knocked a Russian Shahed drone and opened it. A hidden message has revealed Moscow’s advantage in electronic warfare

Ukraine is seeing objects at 500 km/h. Russia has turned its most lethal weapon into a monster at cruise speed

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At this point in the contest it has been clearly clear that, it is not that the war is asymmetric, it is that Russia is attacking Shaheds of thermobárica load and Ukraine with pellets. That reality, in addition, is practically modified every week At a rhythm of updates difficult to continue. The latest: Ukraine radars have begun to see swarins at cruise speed, but they are not missiles. Again the shaheds. Yes, Russia has introduced into its attacks against Ukraine Reaction version of the Kamikaze Shahed drones, model Shahed-238whose benefits (speeds of up to 600 km/haltitudes of almost 10 km and a radar signal similar to that of a cruise missile) make them much more difficult to intercept than the Helix Shahed-136. These drones, with an explosive load of about 50 kg and an estimated range 1,000 to 2,000 km According to the variant, they are practically untouchable for mobile groups with light weapons, cannons or electrical interceptors drones. His deployment in the last mass attack, which left At least 13 dead And more than 130 injured, is a qualitative leap in the Russian capacity to saturate Ukrainian defenses and force the use of expensive Earth-Aire missiles, such as The Nasams either Patriotwhose price can reach Millions of dollars per unit. Tactical impact and adaptation. The introduction of the Shahed-238 seems to be part of A Russian strategy To prove the effectiveness of Ukrainian interceptor drones, developed from high performance FPVs used against recognition aircraft. The Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, recognized that Russia is integrating countermeasures to make fun of these interceptors, which forces Ukraine to adjust tactics daily. Despite the goal of producing A thousand daily interceptorsscalability is limited by Russian attacks on factories, supply problems and the need to constantly relocate production. Ukrainian experts They point That this deployment could seek not so much the direct destruction of strategic objectives such as the wear of the inventory of long -range anti -aircraft missiles, leaving the space open to more destructive weapons. Production limitations. They counted the Twz analysts that, although Russia currently produces some 2,000 Shahed-136 per month And it aspires to reach 5,000, the manufacture of the Shahed-238 is more COmpleja and expensive. Their speeds demand more resistant fuselages, more precise guidance systems and high -cost turbojet engines, which restricts its scalability and diverts resources from the production of simpler models. The dependence of foreign componentsespecially from Chinait could be decisive to sustain or expand production. These limitations suggest that, at least in the short term, Russia will use the Shahed-238 in a combined way with large waves of Shahed-136, creating staggered attacks that saturate defensive systems. Perspectives and threats. The arrival of the Shahed-238 raises a Operational and economic dilemma To Ukraine: neutralize them with Sam missiles long -range is an unsustainable expense, while the most affordable solutions, such as unmanned interceptors, have not yet demonstrated full efficacy against this threat. In the short term, Russia’s most likely tactics aims to combine them with Great Shahed-136 waves To overload the defensive system, forcing to disperse resources and increasing the probability that other more powerful weapons reach their objectives. If Moscow manages to maintain a constant flow, even if it is limited, of these reaction drones, they could become a key element to weaken the Ukrainian defenses and open space to more devastating aerial offensives, thus consolidating a new technological front in the war. Image | PicrylMasoud Shahrestani / Wikimedia In Xataka | Russia’s most advanced nuclear submarine was a secret. Until Ukraine has revealed everything, even his failures In Xataka | It is not that Russia does not find the F-16 of Ukraine, is that kyiv has discovered the perfect hiding place for the future of wars

Ukraine has stolen the confidential information of the last nuclear submarine of Russia. And then he has published all his failures

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Two news in just a few days offered a summary of the importance of Nuclear deterrence of Russia and its need to update it. On the one hand, Moscow advertisement which will cease to respect the limitations of the treaty of nuclear forces of intermediate scope. On the other, The New York Times confirmed through satellite images that its nuclear submarine base had is damaged After an earthquake. Now Ukraine has just added another asterisk. The end to the treaty. The first news occurred two days ago. Moscow advertisement which will set aside the limitations of the treaty of nuclear forces of intermediate scope (Inf), signed in 1987 to eliminate land missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers and considered a milestone of the cold war. Although the pact was already broken after the United States withdrawal In 2019, Moscow maintained a unilateral moratorium that is now terminated, claiming that Washington plans to display missiles of this type in Europe and Asia. The decision also coincides with the entry into service of the Missile Orshnikcapable of carrying nuclear eyes and unfold in Belaruswhich increases fear in the West to a new arms race in which European capitals would be minutes from a Russian attack. While Medvedev launches direct warningsKremlin seeks to clarify the tone, although the definitive breakdown of the INF confirms the setback of nuclear control mechanisms and raises strategic tensions in Europe and Asia. The “touched” nuclear base. We count the fear And finally it has been confirmed. The earthquake that made the Russian nation tremble caused damage to the strategic base of Nuclear Submarines of Rybachiy, in the Kamchatka Peninsula, according to planet labs satellite images cited By The New York Times. The photos show that a section of a floating dock He got rid of of its anchor, although there are no major damage to the facilities. The Rybachiy base, vital for the Russian nuclear fleet in the Pacific, thus maintains its operation despite the damage located in its infrastructure. Before and after earthquakes in nuclear infrastructure Filtration. A few hours ago, Ukrainian military intelligence (Hur) has announced obtaining internal documents classified from the K-55 Knyaz Pozharskythe most more modern Russian nuclear nuclear submarine in the Borei-A classessential piece of the Kremlin nuclear triad. This ship, officially incorporated to the northern fleet On July 24, 2025 at a ceremony chaired by Putin, he is armed with 16 intercontinental missiles R-30 Bulava-30each capable of carrying up to ten nuclear eyelets. According to kyivthe material obtained includes complete lists of the crew with details of functions, physical preparation and qualifications, combat manuals, schemes of survival systems, organizational structure, internal regulations for life on board, protocols for evacuation and transfer of injuries, as well as Technical documents on failed communication equipment and engineering records. It would even have secured an excerpt from the daily service book, which regulates routine tasks and submarine combat operations. Part of the classified documents filtered The failures. The most surprising thing about the case is that Filtration now published represents a significant coup for the operational security Russian, as it offers Ukraine and its allies critical information on technical vulnerabilities not only of Knyaz Pozharskybut of the entire series of borei-a submarines, considered the more modern nucleus of Moscow nuclear deterrence. These data, according to The intelligence of Ukrainethey will allow identify From design limitations to safety protocols and resistance capabilities, eroding, in addition, the perception of invulnerability that Russia tries to project with its strategic fleet. Hur itself He stressed That this intelligence dismantles the “imperial myth” on the strength of the Russian nuclear arsenal, by exposing the fragilities of systems that Kremlin presents as unwavering. Part of the classified documents filtered The naval context in the war. Plus: the revelation arrives at a time when the Russian navy has suffered a palpable deterioration of its prestige and effectiveness, especially In the Black Seawhere the fleet has lost several key ships at the hands of Ukrainian naval drones and Western missiles. He sinking of the landing ship Caesar Kunikov, of the Patrol Sergei Kotov and of the Ivanovets Corvetteamong others, has weakened an instrument that until 2022 was perceived as dominant in the region. The NATO careMeanwhile, it moves towards the Arctic and North Atlanticwhere Russian underwater activities are closely monitored and have motivated the display of new forces Maritime Allied. In this context, know the specifications and vulnerabilities of the Borei-A class, which constitutes the strategic arm of the northern fleet in Gadzhievo, results from An incalculable value to calibrate nuclear balance and reinforce allied deterrence. The information in the modern war. If you want also, the Hur operation It is more than a espionage success: it symbolizes how, in the war of the 21st century, information can have both power as a precision missile. Ukraine, confronted with an adversary with palpable material, converts intelligence into An asymmetric weapon able to undress the vulnerability of the jewel of the Russian strategic fleet. On the other sidewalk, the lesson for Moscow seems clear: not even its nuclear submarines, designed to guarantee the survival of the State in case of total war, are immune, not only Natural disastersbut to Information War. Image | Ukrainian intelligencePlanet Labs In Xataka | It is not that Russia does not find the F-16 of Ukraine, is that kyiv has discovered the perfect hiding place for the future of wars In Xataka | A new challenge has arrived to Ukraine: it measures 4 meters, it has 75 kilos of explosives and uses AI to hit Russia

It is not that Russia does not find the F-16 of Ukraine, is that kyiv has discovered the perfect hiding place for the future of wars

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The problem of modern wars is that they have ceased to be A geographical matterand the current technological abilities, with the drones and the AI in the lead, are eroding the physical barriers that previously existed. That was clear, for example, with The Spiderweb operation of Ukraine on the Russian air bases. In fact, in the first 18 months of the war, Ukraine lost Very few planes On land in front of the Moscow number, and the last movement predicts an even lower figure. The mobility war. The Arrival of the F-16 To the Ukrainian Air Force has been accompanied by a parallel effort to create a mobile ecosystem capable of sustaining continuous operations in a scenario where each base is a potential white of aviation and Russian missiles. Solution? The Ukrainian Foundation Eat Back Alivein cooperation with the state conglomerate Office 61 and with the financial support of the UKRNAfta energy company, recently delivered a set of vehicles specifically designed to provide the F-16 of the necessary logistics flexibility. Four wheels and fighters. The acquisition It included workshop trucks for armament preparation, crane trucks for missile and pump load, pickups for personnel transport and, above all, a missions planning complex on wheels composed of A 6×6 truck and a habitable towing module, which will allow briefings, plan operations and move quickly where it is required. With this investment, encrypted in just over 1.2 million dollarsUkraine obtains not only a technical improvement (for example, reducing from a dozen to three the number of operators necessary to assemble ammunition in each plane), but also a Operational advantage in an environment where speed and dispersion are survival synonyms. The concept of distributed operations. The logic behind this innovation is simple but strategic: prevent Russia from being able to anticipate or destroy on land Western manufacturing fighters. Ukraine had already developed the custom of Alternate air bases and even use highways as impromptu tracks, an inherited practice of the Soviet design to operate in austere environments, but now amplified by the high -tech character of the F-16. This ability to Move with infrastructure Wheel support converts each road into a potential base and each mission into a concealment game. In this sense, new vehicles are not simple trucks: they represent an adaptive doctrine in which aviation abandons the notion of fixed bases and embraces total mobility as a shield against missile attacks, drones and enemy bombers. NATO and American learning. The lessons that Ukraine applies in extreme conditions are being observed carefully by the United States and its allies. It We count The other day: the doctrine of AGILE COMBAT EMPLOYMENT (ACE), which seeks to disperse combat aviation in multiple locations Temporary, is nourished directly from the Ukrainian experience. USAF generals They recognize that Ukraine has managed to avoid the mass destruction of his aviation thanks to not taking off or landing in the same place twice in a row, forcing the enemy to waste intelligence and ammunition. The counterpart of this agility is Logistics demand: Each site needs fuel, ammunition and maintenance equipment that must be compact, transportable and fast to install. The United States Marines itself has started projects To provide air-terrifying trucks on C-130s and lighter and more modular equipment that can accompany squadrons in constant movements, which marks a deep turn in the conception of the air war. Aviation future. What’s doubt, what is today Test in Ukraine It has global implications. In a eventual confrontation with China in the Pacificno power could guarantee the protection of all its air bases, and mobile dispersion will be the key to survival. The fighters will not be able to remain in the same airfield without dense anti -aircraft defense; Their operations will be measured in hours or days, with specific deployments for refueling and rearming before returning to main main bases. This will require redesign support equipment lighterto think about new sustaining architectures and maximize land and aerial mobility. Ukraine, again laboratory. In short, the incorporation of these Ten vehicles At the service of the F-16 it may seem a lower detail in the heat of the war, but embodies a deeper transformation: that of an aviation that can no longer rely on the solidity of its bases and that depends on speed, dispersion and Logistics creativity. Ukraine thus becomes Test field of a doctrine that west, and in particular the United States, contemplates as essential to survive the high intensity conflicts of the future. Thus, each workshop truck and each rolling planning module are not only metal pieces, but symbols of how war forces to reinvent the way of conceiving today’s aerial power. Image | “Come Back Alive” Foundation In Xataka | A new challenge has arrived to Ukraine: it measures 4 meters, it has 75 kilos of explosives and uses AI to hit Russia In Xataka | The last Russian tactic are not kamikaze drones: their soldiers carry a helmet with antennas that is surprising Ukraine

We had been talking about the most lethal Russian weapon that seemed like Ukraine fallen asleep. His answer is called Liutyi

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If drones have become The protagonists From the Ukraine War, the model that has marked Russia’s offensive offers no doubts: The Shaheds of Iranian origin, then converted into different versions assembled in MoscowThey are the basis of Russia’s offensives. And in Ukraine? There they also have been perfecting a device that has become key to attacks on critical objectives of the enemy. The strategic weapon of Ukraine. Yes, kyiv, aware of its lower industrial and resources capacity, has opted for a different approach: Use surgical attacks with drones of own manufacture against strategic objectives deeply located in Russian territory. The jewel of this strategy is the AN-196 Liutyia lodging ammunition system designed to achieve precision Critical facilities of military logistics, oil refineries, air bases and essential industrial centers for the Russian war effort. Development and technical characteristics. Dron Liutyi began to develop In 2022 by Antonov in collaboration with Ukroboronpromconceived as a long -range unidirectional attack vehicle. The first version weighed between 250 and 300 kilosmeasured 4.4 meters long with a wingspan of 6.7, and was promoted with a gasoline engine that moved a rear propeller. It incorporated a V -tail design to improve stability and aerodynamics, and initially carried 50 kilos of explosives at a range of 1,000 km. The most recent versions have practically doubled their benefits: increased load capacity to 75 kilos and a range of up to 2,000 km, for an estimated unit cost In 200,000 dollarsfigure greater than that of the Shahed but still much lower than that of a cruise missile. And more. Your navigation combines inertial and satellite systems In the initial phase, while in the final approach it resorts to artificial vision to execute evasive trajectories, dodge defenses and hit with precision. First operational deployments. The use of Liutyi was made visible in 2024 With deep attacks in Russian territory. In January, an attack against An oil tank In St. Petersburg, he was attributed to drone, as was the March attack against the Ryazan refinery that caused a great fire. In June, the Mozdok Air Basein Norte Osetia, which houses bombers Tu-22m3 and fighters MIG-31it was also beaten. These incidents showed that Ukraine was in a position to project power hundreds of kilometers from the front line. Expansion of your role. The improved Liutyi versions began to be used massively this year. On March 13, an attack reached a Gas pipeline control center In Sátov, affecting the Russian energy sector. In April, several waves of Liutyi impacted the base of the 112.ª missile brigade in Shuya, destroying facilities of command and barracks. In July, two Liutyi penetrated 1,400 kilometers to Izhevsk, where They hit the Kupol plantproducer of anti -aircraft Tor-m and Harpiya drones, causing significant damage. That same month, different videos They documented attacks against objectives in the Leningrad region, in the city of Pensa and at the Sochi airport, where a fuel tank was reached. These blows have had a double effect: disorganizing Russian logistics and forcing Kremlin to allocate resources to the defense of the rear. International response. Despite his successes, Ukraine faces the disadvantage of not being able to manufacture Liutyi in quantities comparable to Shahed’s mass production by Russia. External support is, therefore, crucial: Germany has committed investments to produce 500 additional unitswhich will allow the pace of operations. Thus, the Ukrainian strategy will continue based on the selective use of these drones, with emphasis on precision attacks and not saturation. To maintain its effectiveness, Liutyi must adapt continuously, incorporating advances in artificial intelligence, computer vision and electronic countermeasures resistance. Strategic role in war. In short, although less known than The ShahedLiutyi has become a symbol of Ukrainian capacity to innovate and hit in depth, eroding the perception of security in the interior of Russia. Their attacks have affected energy facilities, refineries, industrial plants and air bases, weakening critical infrastructures and forcing Moscow to disperse their defenses. In this way, the drone not only compensates (in part) the Ukrainian material inferiority in front of the Russian military industry, but also opens a new psychological and strategic front by demonstrating that no Russian area is out of reach. Thus, everything indicates that its role will continue to expand in the coming months, consolidating itself as one of the key weapons in the Strategy of Resistance and Counteroffensive of Ukraine. Image | Open Source In Xataka | Not that war in Ukraine has become a laboratory of the future, is that there are drones saving lives with bicycles In Xataka | If you want to learn to handle a combat drone, the best school is Ukraine. And there have been infiltrated Mexican narcos

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