DAVID SHIMER served on the National Security Council from 2021 to 2025, including as Director for Eastern Europe and Ukraine and Director for Russian Affairs, and is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Ukraine’s military commander in charge of the country’s drone warfare program urged the US and NATO countries alike on Wednesday to learn from Kyiv’s use of the technology on the battlefield so in the future there are not “hard questions from your children [about] when [their] father will come back.

The Russians have fired thousands of Iranian-designed, 11-foot-long Shahed drones into Ukraine, while the Ukrainians have built their own long-range drones that can attack targets over 700 miles away.

The Rise of Drone Warfare If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you’ve probably seen the word “drone” pop up a lot when it comes to the Ukraine-Russia war. But what’s happening beyond the buzzwords?

Mass attack hits cities overnight as Ukrainians brace for 50 more days of Russian terror * Putin unfazed by Trump's threats, plans to fight on in Ukraine, Reuters reports * Patriot missiles bound for Ukraine already being shipped,

The war in Ukraine shows how networked, low-cost drones and commercial tech are reshaping warfare—and why these lessons are critical for the future of space defense.

Unmanned vehicles dominate the battlefield in Ukraine—laying mines, delivering ammunition and medication, even evacuating casualties.

Ukraine's booming defense industry is revolutionizing modern warfare — and reshaping how Western militaries think, build, and potentially fight.