Ed from Ukraine

Ukraine’s drone war is evolving faster than anywhere else on Earth. The Ukrainian SOKIL UAV may represent the birth of a new class of cheap reconnaissance drones. In this video: SOKIL, FPV interceptor drones, and how Ukraine is rewriting the rules of the sky. #Ukraine #Drone

@LauraLoomer @ZelenskyyUa As early as 1857, the greatest Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko wrote the following lines in his poem “The Half-Wit”: When will we greet Our own George Washington at last With the new law of righteousness? Oh, there's no doubt that day we'll see!

Very nice message from Ukraine’s @ZelenskyyUa on July 4th, 2026. I guess I missed Russia’s congratulatory message today. Oh yah, because Russia is too busy working to destroy American superiority and their officials spent America 250 in Iran mourning Khamenei. I am now officially Pro-Ukraine! Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

@DenShtilierman This video shows the original Latin version of Pylyp Orlyk's Constitution (1710). Two original versions in different languages survive: the Latin manuscript, preserved in Sweden's National Archives, and the Old Ukrainian manuscript, held in Moscow.

The National Archives of Sweden hold a document that should be shown to anyone who refers to Ukrainians as a ‘young nation’. This is the original ‘Pacta et Constitutiones Legum Libertatumque Exercitus Zaporoviensis’ — the first Ukrainian constitution, drawn up by Hetman Pylyp Orlyk on 5 April 1710 in Bendery. Now for a bit of maths. Orlyk’s constitution appeared 77 years before the US Constitution. It predated the constitutions of Poland and France by 81 years. At a time when absolutism still reigned in Europe, Ukrainians were already laying down the separation of powers, limits on the hetman’s authority, an independent judiciary and the rights of the Cossacks. Not as a gift from a monarch — but as a contract between free people and their government. This is the answer to all the ‘experts’ who still talk about Ukraine as a ‘young nation’ that ‘suddenly emerged in 1991’. No, gentlemen. A nation that drafted one of the world’s first constitutions 316 years ago cannot be young. And that is precisely why Moscow has been destroying our memory for centuries — burning archives, banning our language, and rewriting history. For it was vitally important to the empire that the world regarded us as ‘part of Russia’, rather than as a political culture more mature and far older than Russia itself. And the original copy of Orlyk’s constitution has survived only because it was kept in Sweden — beyond the reach of the empire’s grasp.

The combat use of Ukrainian glide bombs. This is a highly effective way to eliminate enemy drone pilots who are hiding underground or inside buildings. Currently, the demand for such weapons is dozens of times greater than what the allies are supplying. x.com/bayraktar_1lov…

🚨#Ukrainian Su-27 drops JDAM-ER bombs from an altitude never seen before. 🎧Turn on the sound and watch. First time released from 11,000 m (36,000 ft). This is possible due to heavy degradation of #Russian air defenses. Everything is changing in Ukraine’s favor in the skies.

Coming much sooner than you think

@EthanLevins2 Tick tock!

Ukraine does not have any formidable defense line beyond the “Fortress Belt” in Donbas. Everyday, the inevitable collapse of the AFU nears. Tick tock!

@Ravvenrotth @hasanthehun x.com/qirimlia/statu…

@hasanthehun Hope Israelis in Gaza and the west bank will have free health care. x.com/KareemRifai/st…

people on this website treat me like i am the biggest villain and i just want them to have healthcare, autonomy in their workplace, and for us to end our endless wars

@LouiseMensch @hasanthehun x.com/qirimlia/statu…

@hasanthehun This you? x.com/KareemRifai/st…

@Maks_NAFO_FELLA As I understand this was done by the new version of the FP-2 drones, which have a 200-kg warhead. Wow! Just imagine—they cost less than 50 thousand dollars. And they’re being produced in quantities of at least dozens a day. x.com/EdFromUkraine/…

💥 Mariupol-Donetsk highway, damaged bridge!

@bayraktar_1love This animated series was shown in Ukraine in the 1990s. I wonder if the title has anything to do with this drone. 🐝🛩️

Modified Ukrainian Maya decoy drones struck a concentration of Russian trucks in Donetsk, destroying more than 20. Originally developed as a decoy to saturate Russian air defenses, this appears to be the first documented use of the Mayaas a guided strike drone.

@ImJulianAssange Canada supplying Ukraine with drone training is like Ukraine teaching Canadians how to play hockey.

Canada is supplying Ukraine with drone training, Ukraine is sharing that training with Mexican Cartels via the Ukrainian International Legion Intelligence agencies, including Mexico’s National Intelligence Center and Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), have confirmed that cartel-linked operatives and former special forces have infiltrated the Ukrainian International Legion . The Canadian Armed Forces have continually provided drone training to Ukrainian forces as part of ongoing multinational military efforts, including the multinational Drone Capability Coalition Canada govt is de facto allied with the Mexican Cartels. metro.co.uk/2026/02/25/car…

@Maks_NAFO_FELLA Judging by the sound — this was a cruise missile. x.com/EdFromUkraine/…

🇺🇦 Zelensky: For the second time, our sanctions reached Ufa oil refinery. The distance is over 1,300 kilometers from the front line. Also in the Penza region, our weapons have reached a strategic facility of the Russian military-industrial complex, which is engaged in the development and production of components for missile weapons. The distance to the target is about 600 kilometers from the front line.

Strike on NIIFI factory in Penza today — key Roscosmos defense plant. Produces sensors for Kh-101, Bulava, Iskander missiles, Su-34/Su-57 aircraft & military systems.Important part of Russia’s war industry. Judging by the sound — this was a cruise missile.

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ukraine has an unmanned LST!!!! they can now do an unmanned D-day!!!!

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🦩🚀Fire Point: Missile launch and impact at a military plant in Volgograd.

@BrennpunktUA @Exilenova_plus The siren in the Bryansk region is not necessarily related to an attack on the Moscow region. “Missile threat” is an alert term. It also refers to drones.

@Exilenova_plus Quick math and we should have an idea what it probably was. Flight Time Bryansk Oblast-Moscow Oblast less than 23 minutes.

The site where one of the missiles landed in the Moscow Region. It’s hard to say whether it was shot down or fell short, but the warhead is powerful enough for that distance.

@STUDIOP46160164 @Osinttechnical Fire Point will be stockpiling FP-7 missiles for the winter to strengthen Ukraine's air defense against missile attacks (Freya project). So it's not even certain that a ballistic FP-7 variant will be developed.

@EdFromUkraine @Osinttechnical Oui, FP-7 est trop léger pour faire une onde de choc comme celle çi

Ukrainian missile attack on Russia's capital region, Moscow, reported this evening.

Many say there is no such thing as a game-changer. I disagree. The FP-9 ballistic missile, deployed in large numbers, would change everything. I believe that if the FP-9 had been in Ukraine's arsenal before 2022, Russia would never have dared start a full-scale invasion.

@TrentTelenko We don't have any P-47 Thunderbolt planes, but we do have drones. Lots of drones. youtube.com/watch?v=G54G5t…

This is a bold statement by the Russians telling us they cannnot trust either their electricity or diesel supplies to their railways in the age of Ukrainian "usable drone air superiority." ⬇️

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To even any casual observer, Ukrainian strikes have been having a higher and higher impact over time. It is due to many factors, including better planning and destruction of Russia's missiles defenses. A major driver comes from larger warheads. Earlier drone strikes used warheads in the few tens of kilograms of explosives. While enough to damage a small pipe or other metal object, these lacked the punch to hit through thicker steels and concretes that are part of factories and other infrastructure. Basically, they could damage a specific target if they hit it but needed a direct strike. Missing by a few feet or on the other side of a wall would cause minimal damage. Repairs could be made quickly. The FP-1 drone with its ~2,600 km range was an upgrade with a 60 kg warhead (explosive plus blast frag or other material). To give perspective, the U.S. Mk 81 250 lb general purpose bomb has about 44 kg of explosive plus blast material. The U.S. mostly stopped using those after the Vietnam War as they were not effective enough and called "the firecracker". The U.S. switched to the 500 lb class Mk 82 general purpose bomb for its first choice for damaging fixed targets. It has 87 kg of explosive. Depending on the target type that increased the damage/kill radii by 30% to 50%. That translates to a 70% to 125% increase in blast area. This small shift greatly increase the acceptable error in missing and was sufficient to significantly damage most basic structures or at least enable the follow-on bomb to do damage. To address this, Firepoint introduced the FP-2 with a 105 kg warhead (not all is explosive) but at a range of only 200 km. This year, the FP-1 was upgraded to 105 kg of explosive but with added fuel to reach further targets. The FP-2 was upgraded to 158 kg of payload. Warheads can be shaped to direct the blast in one area versus the Mk 80 series bombs with a more radial profile. This plants Ukraine's munitions squarely in the blast category of first choice western explosives. The Ukrainians also introduced the Begemot (picture below) with much greater range than an FP-2. It also has a two-stage warhead. The first blasts through the target, the second a thermobaric charge. This does significantly more damage at it can damage the outer layer of a target exposing it to the thermobaric heat and pressure of the second. So if you wondered why Ukrainian strikes have been so much more effective and Russia is taking longer to repair the damage, these larger warheads are a major factor. As they are still coming online, expect more. Image via @United24media