War

«I heard a legend that in ancient times, before the Great War, you could call each other on your mobile phone and talk without the Internet or instant messengers,» Sergey «Flash» Beskrestnov, an advisor to the Minister of Defense, once wrote on social media. In the comments to this post, he explained that, like many thousands of Ukrainian servicemen, he has a systematic problem with online stores, banks, government agencies, and utilities. «They call my mobile, but for me it has been ‘not available’ since the beginning of the war,» added «Flash.»

Ukrainian defense tech continues to grow faster than any other branch of domestic IT — and at the same time faces challenges that simply do not exist in the peaceful industry. What worries manufacturers the most today? What specialists do they lack? Which technologies are overvalued, and which will determine the course of war in a few years? In the series «7 Questions for Deftech CEOs», we ask the same seven questions to the heads of Ukrainian defense tech companies to show what Ukrainian miltech really lives for. The heroine of this issue is Chief Product Officer of SKIFTECH company Anastasia Melnikova.

A large-scale raid by security forces on one of the largest drone manufacturers in Ukraine, millions in losses due to forced relocation, the logic of Diya.City against accusations of «cash grabs» and details of the purchase of «Babel». dev.ua publishes the most detailed transcript of the press conference of Oleksiy Babenko, founder of Vyriy.

In Threads, a mobilized IT guy with the nickname oncceuponatime_dude keeps a diary about how he ended up in the army. We’ve already told you about his experience from «gentle busification» and a night in the CCK barracks to his first day in the battalion . In the second part of the AIT man’s confessions and discoveries, he talked about the BZVP, «NATO shots on the lips,» and «playing stormtroopers.» In the third part of the diary, the AIT member shared his thoughts on why those who were converted to the military did not flee the army, how different the conditions of service are in the staff and infantry, and weapons in the blanket. The fourth part of his observations — about intimidation in the army and the redeployment of the unit — is not without surprises . The fifth part of the frankness is about intimidation in the army, losses, and life in a front-line city. Now is the sixth portion of confessions and revelations — about thoughts about the SZCh, fear of being transferred to the infantry, and the desire to escape from Ukraine.

The recent combined attacks on the Ukrainian capital have clearly highlighted a catastrophic trend that can no longer be ignored. The Russian military has figured out the main vulnerability of our air defense system — the physical shortage of PAC-2/PAC-3 anti-ballistic missiles.