Ukrainian Marine Veteran: The Drone Lessons Generals Ignored

Ukrainian Marine Veteran: The Drone Lessons Generals Ignored

What does the war in Ukraine really look like now — and why did drones become central to survival on the battlefield? What does the war in Ukraine really look like now — and why have drones become central to survival on the battlefield?In this episode of KI Insights, host Mykolaj Suchy speaks with Yevhenii Malik, a Ukrainian Marine veteran, Mariupol defender about how the battlefield has changed since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Drawing on his own military experience and recent conversations with soldiers near frontline areas, Malik explains why drones, Mavics, FPVs, UAVs and UGVs are not just “new technology,” but essential tools for reconnaissance, artillery, anti-tank strikes, engineering, mining operations and, above all, saving infantry lives. *** We’re launching Defence Analytics!KI Insights’ new in-depth defence analysis programme delivers deeper battlefield reporting, defence-tech insights, procurement signals, and assessments of Russian adaptation. 👉Learn more at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/defence-analytics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://insights.kyivindependent.com/defence-analytics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] *** 👉Check out our research and analytical services at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] 👉Follow us on social media!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter/X⁠:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/KI_Insight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/KI_Insight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/ki-insights.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/ki-insights.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/about/?viewAsMember=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/about/?viewAsMember=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] #RussiaUkraineWar #Defense #Drones #MilitaryDrones #DroneWarfare

Key Ukraine Events (22-28 June): Ukraine recovery conference, Russian Central Bank meeting

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineAnalysis Upcoming events:  * 23 June, Gdansk. Offline event: 3D Recovery: Partnership, EU Integration and Human Capital. The panel will explore how cooperation between government, business, and international partners is driving Ukraine’s recovery, with a focus on European integration, human capital, education, and workforce development. Register here [https://mailchi.mp/858f44733a1f/3d_recovery]. * 24 June, Gdansk. Offline event: Powering Ukraine’s Recovery: Renewables, Biofuels, Conventionals and Minerals. The event will examine energy and natural resource development for Ukraine’s recovery through two panels focused on renewables and biofuels, and on conventional resources and minerals, including discussion of the US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF). Register here [https://mailchi.mp/5d7140caab63/powering-ukraines-recovery]. * 24 June, Gdansk. Offline event: Investment Opportunities in Ukraine Now and after the War. A breakfast roundtable examining how to innovate on existing financing mechanisms and attract new investment to Ukraine's reconstruction now, with a focus on "economic first responders" – companies already operating in Ukraine that need expanded access to capital to scale. Register here [https://mailchi.mp/7962c5c904f3/investment-opportunities-in-ukraine].  * 24 June, Gdansk. Offline event: Science for Ukraine's Recovery. A JRC (Łukasiewicz Research Network) side event presenting evidence-based approaches to Ukraine's recovery challenges across four panels: Smart Specialisation, agricultural resilience, energy security, and sustainable reconstruction of built infrastructure, including the New European Bauhaus. Register here [https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/3c3dde75-3a88-e188-cb56-b4fc138d1075].  * 24 June. Hybrid event: Public Procurement in Ukraine’s Recovery: Opportunities and Challenges in Comparison with Poland. The Centre for Economic Strategy and the Polish Economic Institute invite to a round-table discussion on public procurement and recovery reality. Register here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8_mwjTe88f4-5R4hes0Ox9cz3ya7q2Vb7iP0qh6wf-qq2ug/viewform]. * 25 June, Gdansk. Offline event: Defence Day. A business forum bringing Ukrainian defence industry and defence tech companies together with investors, government officials, and industry partners to discuss co-production, technology transfer, and integration of Ukrainian capabilities into allied defence supply chains. Register here [https://mailchi.mp/usubcmail/defense-day].  Follow us on social media! * Twitter/X:  https://x.com/KI_Insight [https://x.com/KI_Insight]  * Bluesky: https://bit.ly/BSKY-KII [https://bit.ly/BSKY-KII]  * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/]  Sign-up to the extended newsletter version of The Week Ahead: https://bit.ly/WeekAheadbyKII [https://bit.ly/WeekAheadbyKII]  Check out our research and analytical services at https://insights.kyivindependent.com/ [https://insights.kyivindependent.com/]

Ukraine Changed Modern Warfare: Is NATO Learning Fast Enough?

Ukraine’s war has become a war of adaptation. Drones, unmanned systems, deep strikes and sea denial are changing how both Ukraine and Russia fight — and forcing Europe and NATO to rethink the future of warfare. In this episode of Ukraine Insights, Mykolaj Suchy speaks with Commander Anders Puck Nielsen about Ukraine’s battlefield innovations, Russia’s adaptations, the Black Sea, maneuver warfare, and what the West still needs to learn. Produced by KI Insights, the analytical unit backed by The Kyiv Independent. *** We’re launching Defence Analytics!KI Insights’ new in-depth defence analysis programme delivers deeper battlefield reporting, defence-tech insights, procurement signals, and assessments of Russian adaptation. 👉Learn more at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/defence-analytics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://insights.kyivindependent.com/defence-analytics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] *** 👉Check out our research and analytical services at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] 👉Follow us on social media!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter/X⁠:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/KI_Insight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/KI_Insight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/ki-insights.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/ki-insights.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/about/?viewAsMember=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/about/?viewAsMember=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] #UkraineWar #Ukraine #NATO #DroneWarfare #Drones #RussiaUkraineWar #EuropeanSecurity #MilitaryAnalysis

Russia’s Cognitive War: How Putin Exploits Europe’s Divisions

Russia’s information war is not only about fake news. It is about creating an alternative reality — one that exploits Europe’s historical traumas, political divisions, fears about migration, and doubts about Ukraine’s future. In this episode of Ukraine Insights Adam Sybera speaks with Lessia Bidochko, policy fellow at EPIK, about how Russia uses propaganda, cognitive warfare, far-right networks, Telegram, and “grey narratives” to weaken Ukraine and divide European societies. Produced by KI Insights, the analytical unit backed by The Kyiv Independent. *** We’re launching Defence Analytics!KI Insights’ new in-depth defence analysis programme delivers deeper battlefield reporting, defence-tech insights, procurement signals, and assessments of Russian adaptation. 👉Learn more at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/defence-analytics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://insights.kyivindependent.com/defence-analytics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] *** 👉Check out our research and analytical services at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] 👉Follow us on social media!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter/X⁠:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/KI_Insight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/KI_Insight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/ki-insights.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/ki-insights.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/about/?viewAsMember=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/about/?viewAsMember=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] #Ukraine #Russia #InformationWar #Disinformation #Propaganda

Key Ukraine Events (8-14 June): Peace talks proposal, EU accession progress, reforms prospects

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineAnalysis Upcoming events: * 6 June, Riga, Latvia. Charting a path to Ukraine’s reconstruction. This high-level panel on Ukraine will present a forward-looking conversation envisioning a country that has secured peace, rebuilt its economy, anchored its institutions in solid economic governance, and restored its human capital. The event will bring together voices from Ukraine, as well as development partners including the EBRD and the European Union. Read more here [https://www.ebrd.com/home/news-and-events/annual-meeting-2026-videos/charting-a-path-to-ukraine-s-reconstruction.html]: https://www.ebrd.com/home/news-and-events/annual-meeting-2026-videos/charting-a-path-to-ukraine-s-reconstruction.html [https://www.ebrd.com/home/news-and-events/annual-meeting-2026-videos/charting-a-path-to-ukraine-s-reconstruction.html] * 11 June, Kyiv. Offline event: Recovery & Business: On the Road to the Ukraine Recovery Conference. This high-level event will bring together government leaders, business executives, investors, and international partners to discuss the strategic role of the private sector in Ukraine's recovery and sustainable development. Register here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScB_2tLyjkFABY0Qh_GgJdkLLuDh8EHOtvobdsk-AZlmIBXJQ/viewform]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScB_2tLyjkFABY0Qh_GgJdkLLuDh8EHOtvobdsk-AZlmIBXJQ/viewform [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScB_2tLyjkFABY0Qh_GgJdkLLuDh8EHOtvobdsk-AZlmIBXJQ/viewform] Follow us on social media! Twitter/X: ⁠https://x.com/KI_Insight ⁠ [ https://x.com/KI_Insight ] Bluesky: ⁠https://bit.ly/BSKY-KII ⁠ [https://bit.ly/BSKY-KII ] LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/ ⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyivindependent-insights/ ] Sign-up to the extended newsletter version of The Week Ahead: ⁠https://bit.ly/WeekAheadbyKII ⁠ [https://bit.ly/WeekAheadbyKII ] Check out our research and analytical services at ⁠https://insights.kyivindependent.com/ [https://insights.kyivindependent.com/]