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Chart of the week: Ukraine's missile interception rate slides lower as Russian attacks plunge country into crisis
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Chart of the week: Ukraine's missile interception rate slides lower as Russian attacks plunge country into crisis

by Luca Léry Moffat

Ukraine's missile interception rate slid lower in the first two weeks of 2026, as Russia continued its months-long bombing campaign against the country's energy infrastructure. Ukraine's Air Force reported downing 26 of the 73 missiles launched by Russia in the first two weeks of January, according to data compiled by Dragon Capital — an interception rate of 36%. The average monthly rate since October 2022 is 60%. In an overnight attack targeting several cities across Ukraine on Jan 12–13, Ukr

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How can foreign defense manufacturers benefit from Ukraine’s Defense City regime?

This January, Ukraine's long-awaited Defense City regime has finally come into operation. The first company to obtain resident status was SkyFall, a manufacturer of drones and Shahed interceptors. This special program, similar to the IT-focused Diia City, is designed to entice defense companies with a package of tax breaks and regulatory relief. It has already started drawing attention from major international arms manufacturers, especially as Ukraine has become a testing ground for advanced

 manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, on April 16, 2024.

Ukraine war latest live: Minibus carrying soldiers shot at near Lviv

This is Chris York reporting from a very chilly Kyiv on day 1,421 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: A minibus full of soldiers was shot at in the morning of Jan. 14 in the village of Rudno near Lviv in western Ukraine, by an as-yet-unknown individual. No one was injured in the incident but some shots did hit the vehicle, local police reported. "The driver of a Volkswagen Passat fired several shots at the Volkswagen Transporter, after which he left the scen

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