Combat shows speed alone can’t catch Russia’s jet-powered drones, despite eight Ukrainian makers’ assurances. So why can’t they stop them?
Eight makers said their interceptors were ready last winter. They weren't.
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Ukraine shoots down Russian drones by hundred thousand: 350,000 this year, filmed and verified hit by hit in DELTA
The tally dwarfs what NATO manages against a handful of Russian drones.
Ukraine spent year ignoring one Russian drone-control tech, and now Geran-5 flies on it. President’s adviser warns next one, from space, is worse
A Ukrainian adviser calls it a coming "small catastrophe"
Ukraine successfully tests interceptor against faster Gerans as Russia floods its skies with drones
Russia is increasingly deploying upgraded drones capable of striking deeper and faster, intensifying attacks that cause mass destruction and civilian casualties across Ukraine.
Russia is working to modernize its weapons on every front. This month, its drones are expected to carry 20-element anti-jam antennas to outpace Ukraine’s jamming
Russia's new drones and cruise weapons navigate rather than fly, so Ukraine has to jam GPS, not the operator link.
Ukraine is running short of its best missiles for hunting Russia’s jet drones. Now MiG-29s are firing 1970s weapons
The R-73 was the missile for the job. Ukraine has burned through enough of them to bring back a weapon that was obsolete in 2022.
Russia straps two small attack drones to wings of its long-range Gerans and releases them deep inside Ukraine. It rarely works, Flash says
An FPV drone drop was recently recorded in Kyiv Oblast, but there is no confirmation yet that it was carried out using a Gerbera.
Russia now hunts Kyiv by daylight too, Flash explains why
Russia has started launching its strike drones during the day, not only after dark. The reason is the…
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’s AI drones hammer Russian supply lines. Russia’s $10,000 drone just got the same kit
Russia built the Gerbera to be shot down instead of a Shahed. For $10,000, it now carries the Shahed's targeting kit.
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.
Ukrainian intelligence: Russia’s new jet-powered Geran-4 attack drone runs on Chinese turbojets
The Geran-4 has a brand-new reinforced airframe and can pull high-G maneuvers at 300-400 km/h, per Ukraine's military intelligence. It carries up to 90 kg of thermobaric explosives.
Russia aims to strike Ukraine with up to 1000 long-range drones per day in 2026, says Syrskyi
General Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russia currently manufactures over 400 Shaheds a day and intends to more than double that figure.
Ukraine tests new weapons to fight Russian guided bombs
The General Staff confirms testing is underway, targeting Moscow’s guided aerial bombs and drone swarms.
Moscow hits children’s creativity center in Chernihiv Oblast, bordering Russia and Belarus
Such attacks are prohibited by international law.
Moscow boasts of domestic drone production—but without China’s parts, Shaheds would never fly
Russia’s long-range drone program is propped up by Beijing, which provides critical components for assembly plants in Tatarstan and beyond.
Defense Express: Russia’s new jet-powered Shahed drone hits Kyiv for the first time — 3X faster than earlier models
Russia’s Geran-3 — its jet-powered version of the Iranian Shahed drone — reaches speeds of up to 600 km/h.
Russia just gave North Korea the blueprint for Iran’s long-range killer drones, Ukraine’s spy chief says
Ukrainian intelligence chief Budanov confirms Pyongyang will soon make its own Shaheds with Moscow’s full backing.