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At the international defence exhibition Indo Defence Expo & Forum in Jakarta, Ukrainian companies presented drones, armoured vehicles, artillery and electronic warfare systems that have already proven themselves in battles against Russia.
DeViro's latest Bulava strike and reconnaissance drone is successfully performing combat missions at the front and deep in the rear of the occupiers. According to the Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, this system has an advantage over the Russian Lancet.
Sweden conducted the first tests of the Gripen E fighter jet with built-in AI, which controlled the aircraft during combat manoeuvres and competed with its manned counterpart.
Russia has presented its modification of the Iranian Shahed-238 drone with a turbojet engine, which has probably already been used during the attacks on Kyiv.
The Verkhovna Rada is considering the possibility of temporarily restricting mobile internet in certain parts of Ukraine during the Shahed attacks to make it harder for enemy drones to navigate.
Ukraine's Volyniak hexacopter, which has been destroying Russian equipment since the start of the full-scale war, has now been officially approved for use by the Defence Forces.
The DPRK has managed to levelled the destroyer, which capsized during the launching ceremony. However, the repair promises to be difficult due to the lack of the necessary infrastructure.
Russia is trying to conceal the losses of strategic aviation after a large-scale SBU attack by replacing destroyed bombers on satellite images and downplaying the losses.
The Montenegrin government has approved the launch of a drone production project in cooperation with US companies. The first batch is to be delivered to Ukraine.
The Estonian authorities have officially decided to withdraw from an international agreement banning anti-personnel mines, citing a growing threat from Russia.
By the end of the financial year, Ukraine will receive an unprecedented batch of 100,000 drones from the UK.
The F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft demonstrated a new weapon configuration for the first time - with APKWS II laser-guided missiles. These munitions were not previously included in the official list of compatible platforms, so the appearance of the corresponding image from the US Central Command was a strong signal of a change in approaches to the combat use of the fighter jet.
The government and the military presented 7 Ukrainian multi-rotor UAVs, which are already being used at the front as an alternative to Chinese Mavic.
The Buntar-3 reconnaissance system with built-in artificial intelligence and independent navigation will soon be supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russia has intensified GPS jamming and spoofing in the eastern Baltic Sea, which poses a serious threat to civilian navigation and is causing alarm among countries in the region.
