I thought this article from AP News did as well. Sometimes I get distracted by the politics or execution of the war and forget that it is, well, a war.
PHOTO ESSAY: Portraits of Ukrainians on the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Are there more than just the two photos somewhere?
I see two photos for each of the seven stories. On my phone the web page stops scrolling at each pair of photos, then you can continue to scroll.
OK, it took me some time to type out my response that showed there was nothing other than a picture that would change after a minute. When I went back, there was more to the page. It must just be incredibly slow to load.
Thanks.
Long article. It raises several interesting points. Morale in Ukraine is still reasonably good.
PTSD has to be very bad for FPV drone operators. They’re seeing the weapon impacts on people.
20km = 12.4 miles
Not sure how readable this is for non-subscribers to New Scientist, but it’s a look into the drone war from Ukraine’s POV:
The USA and Israel bombing Iran may not be the best of ideas, but it will likely at least have the beneficial effect of disrupting Iranian support to Russia in some sort of way. Perhaps fewer Shahed drones striking Ukraine.
The Iranian manufacturers of Shahed drones should be on the target list.
They’re a threat to the Middle East if Iran expands the war.
Ukraine will also get some relief if Russia’s inventory runs low.
Russia has domestic shahed manufacturing too so perhaps some relief, but not all.
Reason enough for the current administration to not target them.
Early on Iran was sending drones to Russia. Then it was sending kit drones for assembly at the Alaburga facility. Now Russia is building them entirely under license after paying Iran a couple billion (purportedly in nicely fungible gold ingots). It has been claimed that Iran’s limited industrial capacity was just not up to the strain of keeping Russia adequately supplied as the drone war intensified.
It’s almost certainly too late for attacks on Iran to have any significant impact on the course of the war in Ukraine.
I am going to quible a bit with this. I will agree with your overall point that losing Iranian support will not be decisive in Ukraine. I do however, think it will be significant. You are correct, that the majority of Russian Shahed drones are now made in Russia. However, Russia is till buying weapons from Iran and it wasn’t just Shahed drones.
Russia has been purchasing Drones, 122mm Artillery shells, Grad 122mm rockets, and other weapons from Iran. I don’t think the USA can totally stop all of these deliveries but we can certainly massive reduce them.
WTH?
Banks are still transferring millions in gold in 2026? Especially during a war? Armed Troops with heavy, military weapons could crack open armored cars like a tuna can.
Best news of the year…………..so far:
Well, they’re certainly trying everything to replenish their losses. Who wouldn’t want to raise 10 kids in Putin’s Russia?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/20/putin-sends-childless-russian-women-psychologists/
The Strait of Hormus is closed, the Bosphorus is getting narrower too. An oil tanker coming from Russia had an explosion, probably caused by an underwater drone, reports the Handelsblatt. Link in German and so on, lazily DeepL translated:
Sources familiar with the incident told the German Press Agency that the tanker had been attacked off the Turkish coast, near the entrance to the Bosphorus Strait, which runs through Istanbul. There is currently no danger of the ship sinking.
According to official sources, the tanker is carrying crude oil; media reports put the cargo at 140,000 tonnes. It was initially unclear whether the incident was linked to the war in Ukraine. On Saturday, an underwater drone loaded with explosives was found off the coast of Ordu province on the Black Sea. It was detonated in a controlled manner. Its origin was initially unclear.
I wonder how
an underwater drone loaded with explosives was found off the coast of Ordu province on the Black Sea.
What detected and captured that drone? Presumably some flavor of Turkish military / coast guard. But what tools, was it luck or skill that found it, etc.
Not that anyone here has those answers, but they’re interesting questions.
Entirely underwater drones have extremely short ranges, due to the limitations of maintaining communications with them while underwater. It’s more likely they’re surface drones that then submerge when attacking. Surface drones are difficult to detect, but still easier than while underwater.
I’m having trouble believing that people are uncertain about who attacked a Russian tanker in the Black Sea during this war.