Ukraine’s war leadership sets new electronic warfare tasks as Russia’s jet-powered drones slip past nearly half of its air defenses
Zelenskyy said the main criterion is that Ukraine must be able to respond in kind to Russian strikes.
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At ruined Donetsk’s airport, three Russians snap selfies and ready jet-powered Geran-4. Ukrainian drone slips in unseen and rams their launcher
The pickup truck was converted to launch Russian drones.
From making interceptors to guarding sky: Ukrainian drone maker gets its own private air defense unit and will pay for it from weapon sales
The company says its Night Hornets unit has downed more than 50 Shaheds.
For first time, Ukraine shows its British Rapid Ranger air-defense system mounted on Spanish off-road chassis. Its crews call it “close-range storm”
This 500-kilogram missile system is designed to catch what radar misses.
Fix for Ukraine’s interceptors is radar seeker head, and American firm is selling one for $4,000, says president’s tech adviser
Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says cloud and fog collapse interceptor hit rates, and a seeker head is the way out.
Russia’s new jet Shaheds run on turbojets from one Chinese company. It deleted them from its English website
Ukraine shoots down about 90% of Russia's piston-engine Shaheds.
Ukraine has shown its answer to Russia’s most powerful drones for first time. Meet Alexa Spatium, which can carry thermobaric warheads and fly back home
Ukraine codified its first jet-powered interceptor drone, the Alexa Spatium, built to destroy Russia's jet Geran drones.
Ukraine hit ground-control station for rare drone that fires Russia’s Banderol, missile hitting 650 km/h with 114-kg warhead
Ukraine hit a Shahed storage and launch site, an Orion drone control station, and drone relay points across occupied Crimea and Kherson Oblast.
A jet-powered BM-35 can now hit 350 km/h. Russia says that’s specifically to outrun Ukraine’s interceptors
Russia has begun fitting jet engines to another attack drone, the BM-35, to outrun Ukraine's interceptors, following the same shift it made with Shaheds, adviser Serhii Beskrestnov says.
American tank missiles, an Israeli radar, a Dutch truck—Ukraine welded them into one drone-killer
For each cheap Russian drone it stops, Ukraine saves a million-dollar interceptor for the cruise and ballistic missiles that truly need one.
West of Ukraine is still out of reach of Russia’s guided drones for reason. What is one thing that would close this gap?
Russia cannot yet steer guided Shaheds against Lviv and Volyn because its control network is out of range, but relays in Belarus would extend the threat west, Serhii Beskrestnov says.
Russia hit Palau-flagged grain ship twice as it left port for Greece. Two sailors are missing
Eight crew members were rescued.
A Cold War submarine hunter is Ukraine’s newest Shahed killer
Ukraine's tiny interceptor drones need a little help getting into the air. An old naval helicopter is just the thing.
Deputy commander-in-chief says Ukraine’s new laser can already kill FPVs
Ukraine could field laser air defense in two to three months, says Deputy Commander-in-Chief Andrii Lebedenko.
Ukraine’s newest drone hunter doesn’t chase its prey. It climbs above it
Ukraine codified the Tsyklop interceptor drone, which can climb higher than Russia's strike and reconnaissance UAVs. One variant has downed over 100 air targets.
Newly-announced Litavr interceptor is a model microcosm of Ukraine’s drone innovation programs
Each feature is an example of where Ukraine's interceptor industry is headed.
Ukraine deploys newest automated remote-controlled turrets in Kyiv Oblast during Russia’s 729-weapon overnight attack
The "Clean Sky" project teams shot down nearly 100 Russian drones on the oblast's perimeters during the latest strike alone.
Romania’s forensic report confirms the Galați drone was a Russian Geran-2
Investigators found "ГЕРАНЬ-2" stenciled on a recovered fragment, alongside an engine and fuel matching the Iranian-designed drones that Moscow has used for years.
Germany delivers IRIS-T to Ukraine — high-tech system that engages cruise missiles, as Russia continues to strike residential buildings
Zelenskyy's weekly tally: 2,300+ drones, 1,560 KABs, 108 missiles, mostly hitting residential buildings and energy.
Ukraine threw out the international rulebook after firefighters stood helpless against burning mined forests
The international demining playbook does not cover Russia’s war—Ukraine is writing one as it goes.