Opinion
Ukraine is already using “Flamingo” missiles to strike Russian territory and is developing numerous other long-range systems, according to a Member of Parliament.
Ukraine’s command calls Yuriy Kasyanov’s drone unit ineffective – 299 drones, no confirmed hits, $1.3 million spent. Kasyanov insists the opposite: his low-cost drones struck Moscow and shut Russian airports, but proof is classified and politics drove the disbandment.
Almost half of Russia’s oil refineries have been affected by drone and missile strikes.
Yuriy Kasyanov, Major in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and his elite drone unit have been disbanded — a move he calls the result of “top-level corruption.” The team, known for successful deep-strike operations, including a drone attack on the Kremlin, operated advanced long-range UAVs developed in-house with volunteer funding.
The extremely inappropriate story about the liquidation of the so‑called “Kasyanov drone unit” has gained wide publicity. Both direct participants and outside commentators are blaming the head of the President’s Office, A. Yermak, readily sidelining the President of Ukraine.
Right now the servicemen of Ukraine’s most effective drone unit are handing over personal property, service vehicles, and are taking unmanned aircraft out into the open — over 100 of them worth more than $1 million.
Behind the closed doors of Kasyanov’s Drone Unit – a place that is no longer officially a military site, I saw what Ukraine risks losing — a cohesive, disciplined, and highly capable drone unit whose expertise can’t simply be replaced.
One after another, laws and draft bills in Ukraine have been introduced that restrict freedom of speech and protect corrupt officials.
Journalists have identified the man who visited the home of The Kyiv Independent executive director, Daryna Shevchenko, in Kyiv on September 29. He turned out to be an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) named Oleksandr. The SBU claims that the visit was not related to the journalist.
Russia may send sabotage groups into Polish territory. In this way, the Russians would attempt to test the strength of Poland’s border.
Russia, without yet stopping its full-scale war, appears to have already begun working on a “Georgian scenario” in Ukraine. Borys Kushniruk reveals.
Interview with Serhii Kryvonos on the air of “Kyiv 24.” At this stage, NATO is neither capable of nor prepared for a large-scale continental war with Russia. This is not panic. The general supports his position with numbers.