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Ukraine Can No Longer Spare Its Youngest Soldiers from the Front Lines The Wall Street Journal (Gift Link) Kyrylo Horbenko represented the future of the Ukrainian army. Immediately after turning 18, he joined a program that fast-tracks military careers for Ukraine’s youngest recruits, hoping front-line experience would help him secure a spot at a military academy he hadn’t had the money to attend. ... Less than six months later, Horbenko was dead. Thrown into combat on the most dangerous part of the front line, he was cut down by Russian artillery while en route to reinforce a Ukrainian position in Pokrovsk in October. ----oooo00O00oooo----

Ukraine says more than 80% of enemy targets now destroyed by drones

One Ukrainian innovation has been a system to verify drone strikes that awards points to successful operators, with an online marketplace for bonus kit. Read More