Ukraine has permanently changed the nature of war.
WSJ reports that Ukrainian drone operators are now receiving commercial satellite imagery of russian targets directly on their phones or tablets โ within 15 minutes of capture.
No long chains of command. No hours of delays. No targets gone by the time approval arrives.
Result: the โfind โ strikeโ cycle has been cut by up to 90%.
This is modern warfare โ where intelligence is no longer centralized, but instantly actionable at the frontline.
Credit goes to the transatlantic team behind it โ Vantor (formerly Maxar), Bravo1Alpha, Persistent Systems, and Ukraineโs own Burieviy โ building a system where space data flows directly from orbit to the trenches in real time.
Speed is no longer an advantage. Speed is the battlefield.
FULL LIST: 18 Republicans voted in favor of the Ukraine Support Act this week
Don Bacon of Nebraska
Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania
Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania
Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania
Andrew Garbarino of New York
Nick LaLota of New York
Mike Lawler of New York
Carlos Gimenez of Florida
Michael McCaul of Texas
Mike Carey of Ohio
David Joyce of Ohio
Max Miller of Ohio
Mike Turner of Ohio
Jeff Hurd of Colorado
Jen Kiggans of Virginia
Greg Murphy of North Carolina
Joe Wilson of South Carolina
Dan Newhouse of Washington
๐ Three years ago, on June 6, 2023, russians blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam.
Floodwaters swept through towns and villages across the Kherson region, taking lives and destroying homes.
At least 33 people were killed. The true death toll in the occupied territories remains unknown.
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam caused one of the largest technological and environmental disasters in the history of independent Ukraine.
Eighty settlements were flooded, and more than 16,000 people lost their homes.
Among those who died in the flood were Tetiana Kramarenko, Viktor Kramarenko, Antonina Kholodniak, Kateryna Kruchyna, Serhii Borzov, Anatolii Kornieiev, Heorhii Sanin, Oleksii Klymenko, Valentyna Liashenko, Mariia Shcherbyna, Anatolii Tkachenko, Larysa Dreval, and Anatolii Huliaiev.
Pregnant Tetiana Hryshko was killed by russian shelling while trying to evacuate her relatives from Hola Prystan.
During evacuation efforts in Kherson, rescuer Kyrylo Sydorchuk and Territorial Defense fighter Volodymyr Kavulich were also killed by russian attacks.
russia committed an act of genocide against civilians.
Remember every story. Every life. Every loss.