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A Ukrainian interceptor drone chases a Russian Geran-5 jet-powered drone. September 2026.

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Ukraine just caught a Geran-5 at 425 km/h—the jet drone that has often outrun Ukrainian interceptor drones since January

Ukrainian crews now stop just over half of Russia's jet-powered drones, against more than 90% of the older Shaheds, even as Moscow builds them by the thousand.

byTaisiia Vivdych

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Warning sirens are going west: Russian jet-powered drones bring strikes closer to NATO country

Poland is expanding its warning-siren network as officials prepare for more Russian attacks near the border.

byZoriana Katola

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Iran armed Russia with Shaheds. Now it wants the jet-powered Geran-5 remake back to fight Israel and the US

Russia turned Iran's imported Shahed into a jet that flies at up to 600 km/h, with a new airframe closer to a cruise missile than to the propeller drone Tehran sent it.

byTaisiia Vivdych

eu just released $7 billion ukraine buy patriot missiles drones · post european commissioner defence andrius kubilius j stacevičiaus / lrt nuotr news ukrainian reports

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The EU just released $7 billion for Ukraine to buy Patriot missiles and drones

The money comes from Europe's existing loan to Kyiv, and the decision finally lets Ukraine place orders for the American interceptors it cannot build itself.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks after signing a 100-year partnership declaration with Canada, 10 September 2026. Screenshot: Office of the President of Ukraine video

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Money, not engineering, is what stands between Ukraine and Russia’s fastest drones, Zelenskyy says

Dozens of firms are chasing the problem, but nobody has funded production at the scale the nightly waves demand.

byYuri Zoria

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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…

byOlena Mukhina

Fire at a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, following a Russian drone strike on 28 August 2026. Photo: Ukraine’s State Emergency Service

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Russia’s air war has cost the average Ukrainian mall 166.8 working days since 2022, about eight months of closed floors

Ukraine's malls spent a fifth of August under air-raid alerts, a new record.

byOlena Mukhina

Soldiers of Ukraine’s 425th Separate Assault Regiment Skelia. Photo: Skelia

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42,020 troops, 1,827 artillery systems, 89 tanks: Ukraine’s tally of what it cost Russia to keep fighting in August

As frontline losses climb, Moscow fires ballistic missiles and jet drones Ukraine cannot catch.

byOlena Mukhina

A fire burns at a Nova Poshta fulfillment and sorting center in Sviatopetrivske, Kyiv Oblast, after a Russian drone strike on 28 August 2026. More than 60,000 books were destroyed in the attack. Photo: Readeat

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800 jet drones in four days: Russia is now firing type Ukraine’s interceptors cannot catch

Of more than 1,500 drones launched over four days, about 800 have been jet-powered.

byOlena Mukhina

mystery drone resembling america's f-117 stealth jet filmed over russian refinery · post struck oil ufa area russia 2 2026 exilenova+ video ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Mystery drone resembling America’s F-117 stealth jet filmed over a Russian refinery

The unidentified aircraft appeared during a strike near Ufa, and Ukraine's military has said nothing about what it is.

byTaisiia Vivdych

russia bolting jammers onto its shahed drones survive ukraine's cheap interceptors · post russian attack drone caught ukrainian interceptor's thermal camera night 47th mechanized brigade ministry defense ukraine official confirmed

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Russia is bolting jammers onto its Shahed drones to survive Ukraine’s cheap interceptors

Defense official confirmed the modified drones turned up in recent attacks, then declined to treat the upgrade as anything Moscow should boast about.

byYuri Zoria

ukraine's private air defense groups downed first jet shahed — russia's drone flies 300+ km/h · post ukrainian interceptor targets russian jet-propelled geran-3 one-way attack during aerial engagement late 2025

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Russia is now losing 95% of its Shaheds to Ukrainian interception. Moscow’s response will be jet-powered variants and border-area targeting

Russia previously lost 12-15% of its Shaheds to Ukrainian air defense. Now Ukraine intercepts 95%.

byOlena Mukhina

jet-powered drones

Ukraine just caught a Geran-5 at 425 km/h—the jet drone that has often outrun Ukrainian interceptor drones since January

Warning sirens are going west: Russian jet-powered drones bring strikes closer to NATO country

Iran armed Russia with Shaheds. Now it wants the jet-powered Geran-5 remake back to fight Israel and the US

The EU just released $7 billion for Ukraine to buy Patriot missiles and drones

Money, not engineering, is what stands between Ukraine and Russia’s fastest drones, Zelenskyy says

Russia now hunts Kyiv by daylight too, Flash explains why

Russia’s air war has cost the average Ukrainian mall 166.8 working days since 2022, about eight months of closed floors

42,020 troops, 1,827 artillery systems, 89 tanks: Ukraine’s tally of what it cost Russia to keep fighting in August

800 jet drones in four days: Russia is now firing type Ukraine’s interceptors cannot catch

Mystery drone resembling America’s F-117 stealth jet filmed over a Russian refinery

Russia is bolting jammers onto its Shahed drones to survive Ukraine’s cheap interceptors

Russia is now losing 95% of its Shaheds to Ukrainian interception. Moscow’s response will be jet-powered variants and border-area targeting

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