And one from Ukraine / Україна
Mar 3, 2026
“I want to state clearly: I will never abandon Donbas and the 200,000 Ukrainians who live there,” Zelensky gave an interview to Corriere della Sera.
Key takeaways:
▪️The strike on Iranian military targets was “a good decision.” Iran manufactures large amounts of weapons for Russia, especially drones and missiles.
▪️Ukraine could face difficulties with air defense missile supplies due to hostilities in the Middle East.
▪️The next trilateral Ukraine–US–Russia meeting has not been postponed. It may take place on March 5 or 6 as planned, though possibly not in Abu Dhabi.
▪️Ukraine’s Defense Forces have regained control of 460 square kilometers since the start of the year.
▪️Putin is preparing to mobilize another 400,000 troops.
▪️Zelensky said he believes Orbán will lose the next election, which could allow regular relations with Hungary to be restored.
▪️“Putin lost his winter campaign.” He targeted energy infrastructure during freezing temperatures, attempting to divide society and halt the army.
▪️Russia will attempt spring offensives — “but I believe they will fail again.”
More updates at Kyiv Post.
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Americans have more work on their plate, Kremlin says as next trilateral talks hang in the balance.
Peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US — planned for March 5–6 in Abu Dhabi — are now in doubt.
‘Americans Have More Work on Their Plate’: Kremlin Says Next Trilateral Talks in Limbo
Trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US, originally planned in Abu Dhabi for March 5–6, are now in doubt, with the Kremlin citing ongoing Middle East tensions.
by Alisa Orlova | March 3, 2026
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Zelensky has warned that spiralling conflict in the Middle East could jeopardise Kyiv’s access to crucial air defence systems — including US-made Patriot missiles.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered to share Ukraine’s drone defense expertise with Middle Eastern countries in exchange for help persuading Moscow to agree to a one-month ceasefire.
Zelensky said Ukraine is ready to send its top counter-drone specialists if regional leaders use their influence with Russia to push for a temporary halt in fighting.
He argued that even a short ceasefire could help protect civilians and create space for broader diplomatic efforts.
The proposal comes amid escalating drone warfare both in Ukraine and across the Middle East.
Read more on our website:
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/71087
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From Ukraine / Україна :
Ukrainian experts would provide guidance on intercepting Iranian drones being launched at Gulf allies — the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, stated.
Meanwhile President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is willing to assist partner countries by sharing its experience in countering such attacks. Ukraine has a unique experience in shooting down Shahed kamikaze drones. About 80–90% of launched drones are intercepted during large-scale nighttime attacks.
Cartoon says it all.
In other news, the U.K. MOD says that only three of our destroyers with the capability of drone defence are currently operational. FFS!
HMS Duncan, a type 45 destroyer, is on the way to Cyrus. Better late than never!
Russian war bloggers are watching the US’ new LUCAS drones — and fretting about Starshield terminals
• Russian milbloggers are obsessing over the one-way attack drones that the US deployed against Iran.
• They’ve seized on footage showing a satellite terminal on the LUCAS, which they suspect is for Starshield.
• In recent posts, they worried that the terminals might appear on other US weapons.
Washington’s war with Iran has cast a spotlight on a new American one-way attack drone, and Russia’s military bloggers are not liking what they see.
The US military deployed the Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, for the first time in combat as part of major operations against Iran this weekend.
After the news broke on Saturday, several of Russia’s prominent war observers, some of whom have close ties to the Kremlin’s forces, began resharing footage released in December by the Pentagon of a LUCAS sea-based test launch.
The military bloggers — influential pro-war commentators with insider ties who shape domestic war narratives and pressure Russia’s military leadership from nationalist positions — zoomed in on one detail of the video: The drone’s apparent satellite terminal.
“What was inevitable has happened: Starlink terminals have been installed on American ‘Geran-like’ LUCAS drones, allowing jam-resistant communication anywhere in the world where Elon Musk’s network operates,” wrote Rybar, a prominent but irregular Russian military media organization that has 1.5 million followers on Telegram, on Monday.
“The effectiveness of enemy drone strikes will increase by an order of magnitude,” it said.
Another blogger, under the Telegram channel name “Obsessed with War,” raised concerns about the LUCAS separately on Sunday.
“What do we see?” they wrote. “A Starlink receiving antenna, which will allow the drone, if it is not shot down, to be guided precisely to its target while remaining connected until the very last split second.”
The LUCAS, built by US engineering company SpektreWorks, is believed to connect to military networks via Starshield, SpaceX’s government version of Starlink.
Neither SpaceX nor SpektreWorks responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Both the drone and its satellite service strongly parallel the capabilities that Russia has been trying to use against Ukraine. The LUCAS draws inspiration from the Iranian Shahed, a delta-wing loitering munition that also serves as the basis for the Russian Geran, the Kremlin’s main drone for long-range bombardment of Ukrainian cities.
Starlink, in particular, was widely used by Russian forces until SpaceX recently cut off access to the service in Ukraine. Kyiv’s forces had repeatedly said that Russia was arming its Gerans with Starlink terminals for jam-resistant guidance.
Starlink or Starshield terminals would allow attack drones to continuously receive and transmit data via SpaceX’s vast network of low-earth-orbit satellites, making the aircraft harder to spoof or jam while allowing operators to send real-time instructions until the point of impact.
The technology has proven more operationally resilient to electronic warfare than traditional satellite systems on which weapons have long relied.
Tech tested by Russia, reaped by the US
Since they were blocked from Starlink last month, Russian troops have been hard-pressed to find an alternative. The milbloggers, meanwhile, appeared distressed that the US has learned to integrate the technology on its drones after watching Russia’s fight.
Dmitry Konanykhin, a war blogger who runs a pro-Kremlin war podcast distributed by Russian state media, lamented on Sunday the possibility that the apparent terminal-equipped LUCAS was the result of Russia and Ukraine testing the concept prior to US adoption.
“Here are the results of laboratory work, conducted under ideal conditions by the US on the territory of Ukraine: a Starlink module on a Shahed-type drone,” he wrote.
Konanykhin expressed concern that the US and its allies could eventually expand the use of Starshield terminals to “any drone where aerodynamics allow” and that SpaceX’s thousands of satellites might potentially be difficult for Russia to take down.
“Forget the Soviet tales about nails scattered in orbit sweeping away satellite constellations,” they wrote, referring to anti-satellite weaponry that uses debris clouds. “That might have worked against hundreds, but not tens of thousands of satellites.”
Similarly, the military blogger “Russian Engineer” expressed worry on Sunday that the US might one day attach Starshield terminals to its cruise and ballistic missiles, such as the Tomahawk or Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.
Throughout the war in Ukraine, various munitions dependent on stable satellite guidance have seen reduced effectiveness, but capabilities like Starlink, if paired with these weapons, might limit the impact of electronic interference.
“In other words, all these long-range strike systems will be able to be controlled anywhere on the planet and achieve the same precision as FPV drones, literally through a window,” read the post from “Russian Engineer.”
“This isn’t just an evolution in military affairs; it’s a genuine revolution,” they added.
‘Things will go very badly for us’
Russia’s milbloggers, though the name may sound insignificant, are unofficial military voices and online opinion leaders who can wield significant influence over the national discussion of war and military affairs.
Several have had roundtable discussions with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and are often regarded as Moscow’s allies in framing public war information.
Now, the LUCAS’ appearance has them calling for Russian authorities to invest in anti-satellite capabilities.
In a post on Monday, Rybar wrote that the Kremlin “needs to start developing means to destroy thousands of Starlink satellites now.”
“This must be funded as the highest priority,” they added.
Rybar wrote that Russian milbloggers had suggested using Starlink to control drones two years ago but were frustrated by authorities who did “not take this threat into account.”
“Obsessed with War” urged the same, posting a photo of what they called “Geran-like LUCAS drones.” They said in their post that “if within a year we do not find a solution against this satellite constellation, then things will go very badly for us.”
[From Business Insider, via MSN]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-war-bloggers-are-watching-the-us-new-lucas-drones-and-fretting-about-starshield-terminals/ar-AA1XrHwz
Funny how the cockroaches get spams when the West is using certain Western technology. They are nothing without our tech, and they know it.