According to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Russia has been transferring Iranian loitering munitions technology and large-scale manufacturing infrastructure to its close ally, North Korea. If true, this development could have significant military ramifications for South Korea, a United States treaty ally.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has approved a development strategy for Russia's Navy for the next 25 years, one of his key aides has said. Nikolai Patrushev, who heads Russia's Maritime Board, told media that the Russian president had last month signed off plans for the Navy until 2050.

Ukraine has received more than 1,000 bodies of dead soldiers amid a dispute with Russia over the action. A Kremlin aide says the two countries will start exchanging seriously wounded POWs on Thursday.

One of the hardest-hit areas was the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, where 17 attack drones struck two residential districts, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Emergency crews, municipal workers and volunteers worked through the night to extinguish fires, rescue residents from burning homes, and restore gas, electricity and water services.

The Ukrainian military says its new weapon system, which launches antiaircraft missiles from a remote-controlled speedboat, has brought down two Russian jet fighters.

Ukraine's president says a new prisoner exchange with Russia is ongoing and will take days, as both sides continue launching hundreds of attack drones.

The first week of June has been eventful for those following developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. On Sunday, June 1st, Ukraine

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi briefed the head of the European Union Military Committee, General Sean Clancy, on the current situation on the contact line. — Ukrinform.

Ukraine’s battlefield innovations in drones, AI, and electronic warfare offer the US a critical preview of future conflict. Partnering with Ukraine now could help modernize America’s defense and avoid strategic lag.

Kyiv did not say how the planes were hit in the fresh attack by Ukrainian special operations forces on the Savasleyka airfield, and there was no immediate comment from Russia. However, Russian war bloggers claimed there had been no damage to the warplanes.

Costing as little as $400 apiece, Kyiv’s flying machines are successfully neutralizing sophisticated Russian equipment worth thousands of times more