The rest arrive in batches through 2029, and every sortie against Russia's jet drones brings the jets already in Ukraine closer to long inspections abroad.
Ukraine's State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andrii Demchenko has separately reported that equipment based in Belarus helps relay or amplify signals for Russian Shahed and Geran drones heading toward western Ukraine and Poland's border region.
Among the drones it produces are the Sarych, which uses video and thermal imaging equipment for surveillance, and the Klin, a loitering munition designed to strike targets, according to Ukraine's military intelligence agency.
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Russian air defenses intercepted 75 drones heading toward Moscow and a reported 610 nationwide early Saturday morning, Oct. 17. The widespread barrage triggered emergency airspace closures across the Russian capital, forcing international flights to divert to St. Petersburg amid an expanding campaign of strikes across 15 Russian regions.
Ukraine has secured contracts and assurances from partners on additional supplies of F-16 ammunition, Zelensky noted, adding that the current deliveries were at a "satisfactory level."
Fury and frustration are growing as travellers face hours or even days of delays caused by Vladimir Putin refusing to halt his war.
Amid blackouts, artillery fire and the onslaught of Russian drone attacks, the Richelievsky in Kherson provides a refuge for those with nowhere else to goThere is one important rule in the Richelievsky, Kherson’s last functioning hotel: close the curtains before dusk. Less than a kilometre away lies the Dnipro, the river that has formed the frontline since Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson in November 2022; Moscow’s troops are on the opposite bank.In a city where Russian drone operators hunt civilians in what is now widely known as the “human safari”, even a sliver of light escaping through a window may be enough to reveal someone’s location after dark.Hotel manager Yevhen Emtsov, 46, in the building’s former conference room Continue reading...
Ukrainian forces downed 289 out of the 332 drones, including jet-powered attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russian drones and ballistic missiles of the Iskander-M or the North Korean KN-23 model struck 22 different locations, and debris fell in three areas.
The front line in Ukraine has blurred into a miles-wide wasteland where drones fill the sky and neither side holds firm control.
US President Donald Trump stated that neither he nor Elon Musk ordered restrictions on Ukraine’s military Starlink network, claiming the system operates normally. The comments contradict a report by The Telegraph alleging Musk proposed throttling Starshield with Trump’s approval, following disclosures by President Volodymyr Zelensky that bandwidth limits impaired Ukrainian drone interceptions and frontline logistics.
It was 1am, Kyiv time, and they had been sending up high-speed interceptors to take out the Iranian-designed Shahed drones.
Reports that the White House limited Ukraine’s Starlink service after pressure from Musk drew questions from Berlin, while Belgium promised 10 F-16s by year-end and Russian drones left 370,000 without power in Volyn Oblast.
Ukraine's president thanked Warsaw for undisclosed assistance and 20 mm ammunition as Russian drone and missile attacks strain Ukrainian air defenses and Europe faces greater pressure to fill gaps in US support.
The idea of Ukrainian drones silencing Kremlin bots clearly caught the world’s imagination, but the real story behind Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russia’s mega data centers is one of strategic vulnerability, writes Leonid Baratz. The post Ukrainian drone strikes highlight the vulnerability of Russia’s data centers appeared first on Atlantic Council.
De Wever said that Ukraine urgently needed the fighter jets, as they were one of the few weapons capable to strike Russian jet-powered drones.
Russia later lifted the restrictions, but Russian airports continued to experience flight disruptions as they resumed arrivals and departures.
Ukraine's Air Force said Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 149 Shahed-type drones, 108 of them jet-powered.
Russia's shadow campaign of drone incursions, sabotage, and assassination attempts in NATO countries has largely backfired by drawing a resolute response but is approaching a "crucial point," Christopher Walker, vice president of the Center for European Policy Analysis, tells RFE/RL.
Russian drone attacks killed two people and left 280,000 electricity customers without power in Kharkiv on Friday, officials said. Ten people were hospitalized, including two in serious condition, as strikes hit civilian sites across the city.
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FPV drones hunt anything moving near the front, so Kyiv is codifying the protection solutions.
Russia has nearly completed a massive jet-powered drone launch base near Ukraine in just six weeks, satellite imagery shows. The facility could launch 100 or more drones daily, experts say, as Moscow ramps up faster attacks that are harder for Ukrainian air defenses to intercept ahead of winter.
Moscow sends swarms of drones to attack infrastructure in central Ukraine as Zelenskyy says Kyiv will restart strikes on Russian oil refineriesThe White House’s unilateral effort to negotiate an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has collapsed as Moscow sent a record swarm of drones overnight to attack infrastructure in central Ukraine and Kyiv appeared to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries despite warnings from Donald Trump.Moscow accused Ukraine of launching a strike against a Russian oil refinery in the Ryazan region, its first since Trump abruptly declared an “energy ceasefire” that neither Russia nor Ukraine said they had agreed to.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed additional F-16 fighter jets and ammunition with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever as Russia continued attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Zelensky said F-16s were proving particularly effective against Russia’s jet-powered Shahed drones, while fresh strikes left nearly 15,000 residents without electricity in Volyn.
Enemy drones and artillery leave wounded troops stranded for weeks or months on the battlefield. A new aerial medical evacuation drone promises to change that.