Ukraine conflict

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Ukraine has developed a silent, undetectable laser that can take out Russian drones as if “struck by invisible lightning” — and all at a fraction of the cost of similar high-tech weapons made in the US, according to a new report.

Kyiv’s Sunray laser, which has been in the works for two years, was able to take out a small drone hundreds of yards away in an instant during its first test run in front of journalists, The Atlantic reported after witnessing the prototype in person.

“Within seconds, the drone began to burn as if struck by invisible lightning, then fell to the ground in a fiery arc,” reporter Simon Shuster wrote of the spectacle.

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Russia’s crisis point is not running out of people; it is running out of money to buy people,” according to intelligence analysis seen by The Independent.

But a surge in oil prices, along with Donald Trump’s decision to lift some sanctions on Russia’s massive oil industry, has provided Moscow with an immediate respite from the bloody financial pressure Ukraine is delivering, at a heavy cost to itself in human life, on the front lines of the Donbas.

Russia is estimated to have made an extra $6bn to $10bn (£4.5bn to £7.5bn) in oil revenues as a result of the US-Israeli war in Iran, since it began less than a month ago. That more than covers the cost of Russia’s war dead every month.

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Ukraine says its forces have retaken territory...

Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian soldiers surrendered when confronted by army robots after an advance "carried out without infantry and without losses on our side".

“For the first time in the history of this war, an enemy position was taken exclusively by unmanned platforms – ground systems and drones,” he said on X.

Zelensky said Ukraine has carried out 22,000 missions using unmanned systems in the past three months, saving potentially thousands of lives.

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Earlier, Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar indicated that he would end Budapest's refusal to allow the EU to loan €90bn to Ukraine, and that he would urge Russian president Vladimir Putin to end his war.

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Earlier, Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar indicated that he would end Budapest's refusal to allow the EU to loan €90bn to Ukraine, and that he would urge Russian president Vladimir Putin to end his war.

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So, Orban lost, eh?

At least Vance got to "service" some European couches while in Hungary.

Looks like the endorsement of the fat oaf counted for little.