drone interceptor

OSINT analysts detail features of Russia’s Yolka interceptor drone used against Ukrainian UAVs

Analysts have published a manual for Russia’s Yolka interceptor drone used to counter Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the OSINT channel mortisaeterna on Apr. 8.

8 April, 01:20 PM

How new cheap Ukrainian AI interceptor challenges million-dollar missiles

Ukrainian companies created a series of new cheap interceptor drones to combat the Russian strike drones that the aggressor country uses to massively attack Ukraine every day.

3 April, 09:20 AM

Ukraine fields new missile against Russian Shahed and Geran drones

Belgian Thales defense company to produce 3,500 FZ275 anti-drone rockets by end-2025 — a weapon proving lethal to Russian Shahed and Geran UAVs.

15 October 2025, 09:49 AM

Interceptor drones now bulk of Ukraine’s air defenses—Syrskyi

Most Russian strike UAVs attacking Ukrainian cities are destroyed using small, agile interceptor drones, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Oct. 2.

3 October 2025, 02:38 AM

Russia copies Ukraine’s drone-interceptor advances – Syrskyi

The Russian military is replicating Ukraine’s successful technological solutions, particularly in the field of drone interceptors, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said during a monthly briefing on the development of unmanned systems on Sept. 11.

11 September 2025, 10:54 AM

Syrskyi orders expanded anti-drone defenses

Ukraine continues to build out a multilayered air defense system to counter Russia’s Iranian-designed Shahed UAVs attacking Ukrainian cities nightly, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Sept. 4.

4 September 2025, 11:42 PM

Russian drones strike Kyiv Oblast, damaging private homes

Russia launched another drone attack on Kyiv Oblast overnight, with air raid sirens sounding across all seven districts, Kyiv regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk reported early on Aug. 4.

4 August 2025, 10:00 AM

Ukraine to focus on countering Russian drone strikes, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine will boost production of interceptor drones and long‑range strike drones to counter Russian Shahed UAV attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an evening address on June 30.

30 June 2025, 11:47 PM

Ukraine races to produce cheap Shahed drone-killers

Ukrainian counter-unmanned aircraft FPV system (C-UAS) may become the only effective interceptor of Iranian-designed Russian Shahed attack drones amid a significant increase in UAVs launched by the enemy, which could potentially reach up to 1,000 drones per night, Defense Express wrote on June 19.

19 June 2025, 01:20 PM

Ukrainian interceptor drone takes down 20 Shaheds in two months

Ukraine has developed and is already effectively deploying a new drone designed to intercept Russian Shahed attack UAVs. Footage of the drone appeared in a video released by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Militarnyi reported on April 9.

9 April 2025, 12:15 PM

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