Roman Pahulych covers defense and security for Donbas.Realities of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. He has worked for RFE/RL since 2018 after stints as a reporter for Ukrainian news Channel 24 -- both in Ukraine and abroad.
Ukraine’s foreign minister is urging allies to provide more air defenses after a Russian drone strike on Pavlohrad killed at least five people and injured dozens. RFE/RL correspondent Roman Pahulych arrived as emergency crews treated the wounded and battled fires.
The Russian military is deploying faster, remotely controlled, jet-powered drones to paralyze Ukraine’s energy and logistics infrastructure, creating a growing challenge for the country’s air defenses.
Russia is deploying faster, jet-powered versions of its Shahed attack drones. Known as Geran-3, Geran-4 and Geran-5, they are harder to intercept and are increasingly used to strike targets deep inside Ukraine.
Ukrainian drone operators from the K-2 Brigade are using medium-range strike UAVs to target Russian logistics, air defenses, and military vehicles behind the front line. RFE/RL visited the unit's command center in Ukraine's Donetsk region to see how these operations are planned and carried out.
Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps has posted video on Facebook showing troops in Pokrovsk working with ground drones as they defend the city, which was once an important transport and logistics hub for the Ukrainian military.
As Russian forces continue their assault on Pokrovsk, some Ukrainian units are using ground drones to help defend the embattled frontline city in the Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
The commander of a Ukrainian unit fighting near the town of Dobropillya in eastern Ukraine has told RFE/RL that it will not be easy to regain territory seized by Russian forces in a sudden advance earlier this month.
Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade says its tank and drone units continue to fight Russian forces who broke through near the town of Dobropillya in the eastern Donetsk region. Captured Russian troops told RFE/RL they experienced confusion and heavy casualties.
Crews from two Ukrainian Navy minehunting vessels are training with the Royal Navy in Britain in preparation of a future mission to clear explosives from the Black Sea.
Crews from two Ukrainian minehunting naval vessels are training in Britain to prepare for a future mission to clear explosives from the Black Sea.
Ukraine is following Russia in deploying drones using fiber-optic cables on the battlefield. Unlike radio-controlled drones, the new drones cannot be jammed and can fly through forests and between buildings over a distance of up to 10 kilometers.
As Ukrainian forces battle Russian air attacks, they're seeing a growing number of fiber optic drones -- weapons controlled by thin cables that unwind as they fly toward their target. These drones are piloted by signals sent through the cable and are not susceptible to electronic jamming.
Speaking with RFE/RL from a military shelter in eastern Ukraine, a female drone pilot with the call sign "Siri" discusses her experience of losing her Ukrainian comrades on the front line.
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service was given exclusive access to film one of Ukraine's long-range drone units as it prepared to strike a target in Russia. The soldiers say Ukraine's domestically built drones can strike up to 2,000 kilometers inside Russia.
A Russian shell came close to directly hitting an RFE/RL crew on the front line in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Correspondent Roman Pahulych and cameraman Pavlo Kholodov were filming with a Ukrainian drone team on October 10 when the shell struck.
Ukraine marks its Independence Day on August 24 amid Russia's continuing full-scale invasion of the country. RFE/RL asked Ukrainian soldiers fighting near the front lines what the day means to them personally.
Residents of the Russian border town of Sudzha appeared shocked and disorientated at its capture by Ukrainian forces, in interviews with an RFE/RL reporter during a media tour on August 20.
In a recently liberated Ukrainian village, skeletons lie amid the ruined buildings. RFE/RL reporter Roman Pahulych visited Vremivka and Neskuchne days after they were recaptured by Ukrainian forces.
A Ukrainian tank unit played a key role in a recent counteroffensive operation that managed to recapture several villages in the Donetsk region. The tank crew claims to have advanced more than 6 kilometers along the Mokri Yaly River in the hotly contested region.
Ukrainian crews being trained on British Challenger 2 tanks in England say the vehicle's power, mass, and operating controls will be a welcome addition on the battlefield in the Donbas region. They make for a powerful improvement over the Soviet-era T-80 tanks Ukrainian soldiers have been using.
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