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Russia attacks Ukraine with mass swarm of 265 drones from six directions

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with a massive swarm of 265 strike and decoy drones overnight, Air Force reported on June 1.

1 June, 10:20 AM

Concentrated missile attacks will always threaten civilians, MP warns

Even if Ukraine had unlimited stocks of interceptor missiles, by concentrating fire on a single area, Russia will always be able to overload local Ukrainian air defenses, MP and parliamentary Defense Committee chair Roman Kostenko told NV Radio on May 28.

29 May, 02:31 AM

Sen. Blumenthal: U.S. must give Ukraine more missile defense interceptors

The United States must respond to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s request for additional interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said during a visit to Kyiv on May 28.

29 May, 12:51 AM

Zelenskyy sends over 600 letters to Trump and Congress urging to bolster Ukrainian air defense

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent more than 600 letters to U.S. President Donald Trump and members of Congress calling for accelerated decisions to bolster Ukraine's air defense, Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Stefanishyna wrote on May 27.

28 May, 07:47 AM

Zelenskyy, von der Leyen discuss air defense assistance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed further steps to improve Ukraine’s defense against Russian ballistic missiles, Zelenskyy said on May 27.

28 May, 12:18 AM

Russia launches 163 drones at Ukraine as air defenses intercept most

Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight on May 27 with 163 Shahed-type attack drones, including jet-powered variants, as well as Gerbera, Italmas and Parodiya-type decoy drones, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

27 May, 12:42 PM

Washington OKs Poland to make PAC-3 interceptors

Poland won preliminary approval from the U.S. State Department to produce PAC-3 interceptors for Patriot air-defense systems on Polish soil, Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk said on May 26.

26 May, 10:47 PM

NV details Zelenskyy’s closed-door briefing to party lawmakers

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gathered lawmakers from his Servant of the People party late on May 25 to brief them on negotiations, the battlefield situation, and preparations for winter, NV learned.

26 May, 06:35 PM

Russia launches Iskander missiles, 122 drones at Ukraine

Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight into May 26, using two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 122 attack drones — including Shahed models (among them jet-propelled variants), Gerbera and Italmas drones, and Parodiya decoy drones, Ukraine's Air Force reported.

26 May, 11:45 AM

Ukraine says defenses stopped most drones, missiles in Russia’s 30-hour assault

Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 93% of drones and 72% of missiles Russia launched during its large-scale attack on May 13 and 14, even as Moscow tried to overwhelm Ukraine’s defenses with repeated waves of strikes, Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for the Air Force, said in an interview with Novyny.LIVE on May 22.

22 May, 02:08 PM

Ukraine enlists businesses to build private defenses against Russian drones

Private air defense teams in Kharkiv and Odesa oblasts have already destroyed about 20 Russian Shahed drones and reconnaissance drones, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said at a meeting with journalists.

21 May, 03:12 PM

Kyiv tests low-cost missiles to intercept jet-powered Shahed drones

Ukraine has developed and started testing low-cost interceptor missiles to defend critical infrastructure against Russian jet-powered Shahed drones, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced at a recent meeting with journalists.

21 May, 02:26 PM

Ukraine moves to close ballistic defense gap with homegrown air-defense systems

Ukraine does not yet have its own air-defense systems capable of shooting down ballistic missiles, but it has taken “strong first steps” in that direction, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting with Ukrainian scientists on May 21, Novyny.LIVE reported.

21 May, 12:29 PM

Crimea now wide open to Ukrainian drones

Crimea has become vulnerable to Ukrainian drone strikes, and Russia knows it, Anatoliy Khrapchynskyi, an aviation expert at one of Ukraine’s defense contractors, told NV Radio on May 19.

20 May, 01:21 AM

Moscow air defenses geared for missiles, lacking against drones

The air defenses protecting the Russian capital were designed primarily to counter cruise and ballistic missiles, Anatoliy Khrapchynskyi, an aviation expert at one of Ukraine’s defense contractors, told NV Radio on May 19.

19 May, 11:16 PM

Estonia shoots down drone over its territory for the first time

Estonian air defenses shot down a drone over southern Estonia around noon on May 19, in what Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said was the first time the country had independently destroyed a drone in its own airspace, local outlet Delfi reported.

19 May, 06:33 PM

Fire Point unveils Project Freya to counter Russian ballistic threats

Ukraine is developing a secure anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system with European partners to serve as a cost-effective alternative to the U.S. Patriot system, Fire Point co-owner and chief designer Denys Shtilerman announced on May 14.

19 May, 08:16 AM

Russia launches 22 missiles and 524 drones in historic combined attack

Russian forces deployed 546 aerial weapons in a massive combined overnight assault that overwhelmed defenses with 14 unintercepted ballistic missiles, Ukrainian Air Force reported on May 18.

18 May, 11:32 AM

Ukrainian air defenses held against 1,500-strong saturation drone attack

Ukraine successfully managed a Russian attempt to overload its air defenses using over 1,500 kamikaze drones launched over 24 hours, with most damage being caused by missiles, Ukrainian Defense Ministry adviser Serhii Beskrestnov said on May 14.

14 May, 09:26 PM

Britain to speed delivery of air defense systems to Kyiv

After Russia’s prolonged air strike on Ukrainian cities on May 13–14, UK Defense Secretary John Healey ordered expedited delivery of air defense and counter-drone systems to Ukraine.

14 May, 08:38 PM

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