Ukrainian forces have destroyed another one of Russia's TOS-1A thermobaric rocket launchers in spectacular fashion with a drone strike. In the video, the FPV drone can be seen following the TOS-1A ...

In a significant escalation of Russia's military operations in Ukraine, Russian forces have deployed thermobaric weapons, including the TOS-1A Solntsepyok and aerial thermobaric bombs, to target and ...

Typically, when we talk about armored fighting vehicles, they've either been decommissioned for years or, at the very least, aren't being actively used on a battlefield, but that's not the case with ...

Cheap, homebuilt drones are reshaping the battlefield in Ukraine, turning rare Russian flamethrower systems worth millions into highly vulnerable targets. In one November 2025 operation near the city ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She joined ...

Lumbering with oversized, boxy turrets, TOS-1A Buratino thermobaric rocket launchers rolled out at the Shikhany training ground in southeast Russia in late October 2017. An array of tubes mounted on a ...

A Russian thermobaric multiple rocket launcher that is mounted on a tank chassis fired at Ukrainian targets with devastating effects, according to reports from Russia military. The TOS-1A "Solntsepyok ...

Ukraine appears to have destroyed two Russian thermobaric rocket launchers, using US artillery. Russia has been using them to strike Ukrainian positions in recent days to stall the counteroffensive.

While many nations, including the United States, have ceased using flamethrowers, Moscow has doubled down with its efforts to utilize fire on the modern battlefield. Rather than the ...

A TOS-1A the Ukrainians captured last year. Desperate to break through Ukrainian defenses around Vuhledar, a major strongpoint in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, the Russian army deployed at least ...