Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Russia’s Su-57, Its Only Stealth Fighter, Is Back over Ukraine — but It’s Firing Missiles from So Far Back It Never Has to Risk the Front Russia’s most advanced combat aircraft, the Su-57, appears to be back in action in Ukraine after a period of prolonged reduced activity earlier in... Jack BuckbyJune 1, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine Has Issued What Looks Like a ‘Declaration of War’ On Putin’s Oil and Gas Empire As the series of successful Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure has demonstrated, Kyiv can inflict meaningful, long-term damage on several key... Caleb LarsonJune 1, 2026
Ukraine War The Ukraine War Has Come for Moscow and Putin Has No Way to Stop Any of It Now Summary and Key Points: For three years, Moscow watched the war it started from a safe distance. That’s over. Ukraine’s long-range drones are now... Caleb LarsonJune 1, 2026
Ukraine War Putin Is So Desperate In the Ukraine War That Russia Is Renting Soldiers, Fielding 1950s Tanks, and Charging Trenches on Dirt Bikes Summary and Key Points: Russia planned a three-day war. More than four years later, the way it actually fights tells a very different story... Harry J. KazianisJune 1, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Russia Built Just Six of Its ‘F-35 Killer’ — and the Only Pilots Flying Them Do Loops at Air Shows Summary and Key Points: The MiG-35 was supposed to be Russia’s comeback fighter — a modern, affordable jet to rebuild a battered air force... Steve BalestrieriJune 1, 2026
Ukraine War A Single Ukrainian Drone Strike Shut Down 40% of One of Russia’s Biggest Refineries Summary and Key Points: One of Russia’s largest oil refineries has gone quiet. A Ukrainian drone strike on May 29 forced the Volgograd plant... Jack BuckbyJune 1, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Ukraine Just Hunted Russia’s Prized Su-57 Felon Stealth Jets — 1,700 Miles Inside Russia Summary and Key Points: Russia has finally put its Su-57 back to work in Ukraine — but not the way Moscow once promised. Rather... Steve BalestrieriJune 1, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Russia’s Su-57 Felon Is The Worst Stealth Fighter On Earth One thing I know for certain is that U.S. Air Force pilots don’t hold their tongue. When I asked an elite stealth fighter pilot... Harry J. KazianisJune 1, 2026
Ukraine War Putin Is Defeated: Russia Has Already Lost the Ukraine War, No Matter Who Gets What Territory Summary and Key Points: Whenever the fighting stops, Russia will still be sitting on a slice of Ukrainian territory, and many observers will read... Harry J. KazianisJune 1, 2026