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Vlad Sutea

Vlad Sutea is a Washington D.C.-based Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) expert focused on war and defense, Head of Intelligence at Pravo Ventures, an intelligence-powered U.S. investment group focused on Ukrainian defense, frontier, and dual-use technology, and founder of Knowmad OSINT, LLC. Using OSINT, Vlad consults Euro-Atlantic stakeholders on early warning, conflict analysis, justice & accountability, and defense technology risks and opportunities pertaining to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Shahed is evolving threat that will keep haunting Ukraine. And rest of us

by Vlad Sutea
Ukraine's interceptor drones are now one of the most sought-after defense technologies on the planet. But that success carries an uncomfortable caveat: every countermeasure Ukraine developed prompted Russia to field a harder, faster, and more capable Shahed in response. That cycle will not stop as long as the factories producing these drones remain uncontested. Whatever mutated variant emerges next — shaped by every innovation Ukraine threw at its predecessor — will continue to attack Ukrainia