Iranian drones

U.S. downs four Iranian drones over Strait of Hormuz

U.S. forces shot down four Iranian attack drones over the Strait of Hormuz and carried out strikes on Iranian radar sites, U.S. Central Command said on June 6.

6 June, 02:50 PM

Iranian drone hits Kuwaiti-flagged tanker in Dubai port

An Iranian drone struck the Kuwaiti-flagged tanker Al Salmi in Dubai’s port, sparking a fire onboard, The Guardian reported on March 31.

31 March, 06:46 PM

Zelenskyy: 201 Ukrainians in Middle East helping stop Iranian drones

Kyiv has dispatched 201 military advisers to help the Gulf states deal with Iranian drone attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on March 17.

17 March, 07:54 PM

Ukraine repeatedly tried to convince Iran to halt its deadly drone transfers to Moscow

Ukraine made attempts from the very beginning to stop the transfer of Shahed drones to Russia by appealing directly to Tehran, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post, published on March 16.

17 March, 11:55 AM

Ukraine eyes win-win drone alliance with Israel

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on potential cooperation in countering Iranian drones, he said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post on March 16.

17 March, 08:57 AM

Saudi Aramco eager to buy Ukrainian interceptor drones

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant is negotiating a deal to purchase Ukrainian interceptor drone technology to protect its oil infrastructure from Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported March 12, citing people familiar with the matter.

12 March, 09:11 PM

Iranian drones strike high-rise and residential area in Dubai

Iranian drones attacked Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, damaging a high-rise building and a nearby house close to the city center, with no casualties reported, Bloomberg said on March 12.

12 March, 03:40 PM

Ukraine charges IRGC general over supplying Shahed drone components to Russia

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has issued a notice of suspicion in absentia against Brig. Gen. Abdollah Mehrabi, head of the Aerospace Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the agency said on March 10.

10 March, 06:55 PM

Ukraine's battle-tested tactics can shield U.S. forces from Iranian swarms - ISW

Ukrainian military personnel have unique experience in fighting Iranian Shaheds, which will help the U.S. in the war against Iran, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on March 8.

9 March, 09:10 AM

U.S., partners in talks with Kyiv to acquire acoustic drone detection tech

The United States and several Persian Gulf countries are in talks with Ukraine about recreating Kyiv’s acoustic drone‑detection network to counter Iranian attack drones, the Financial Times reported on March 6.

6 March, 11:52 PM

Iranian drones and missiles strike near Azerbaijani airport - video

Iranian missiles and drones fell on the territory of the airport in the Azerbaijani city of Nakhchivan, Reuters wrote on March 5, citing a source close to the Azerbaijani government.

5 March, 01:19 PM

U.S. deploys its own Shahed drone derivative

The United States military has deployed its own derivative of the Iranian-designed Shahed UAVs, Ukrainian outlet Defense Express reported on Dec. 4, citing official U.S. communications.

5 December 2025, 02:42 AM

Homes and civilian sites damaged in five Kyiv districts, with six people injured in overnight attack

Russian overnight missile and drone attacks caused damage in five districts of Kyiv Oblast, the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Mykola Kalashnyk, said on Telegram on Nov. 14.

14 November 2025, 10:39 AM

Upgraded Russian Shaheds can hit moving targets

Russia now deploys a new modification of Iranian-designed Shahed drones equipped with night-vision cameras to detect and strike moving targets, Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi reported on Oct. 1.

2 October 2025, 02:14 AM

Russia shares drone tech with North Korea, Zelenskyy warns

Ukrainian intelligence indicates that Moscow has made its Iranian-derived UAV technology available to North Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 10.

10 June 2025, 11:38 PM

Russia aids North Korea in producing Shahed strike drones – spy chief Budanov

Russia is providing technology and expertise to help North Korea manufacture long-range Shahed kamikaze drones and enhance the accuracy of its KN-23 ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told The War Zone in an interview published on June 9.

10 June 2025, 02:18 PM

Ukraine builds low-cost Sky Fortress to detect Russian Shahed drones

Ukrainian engineers have developed a groundbreaking drone detection system called Sky Fortress to counter Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones—at a fraction of the cost of traditional air defense systems like the Patriot.

8 June 2025, 02:57 PM

Russia paid Iran $100 million in gold for Shahed drones

Russia transferred 1.8 tons of gold bars worth about $104 million to Iran’s Sahara Thunder as payment for Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, according to U.S. analysts at C4ADS.

30 May 2025, 12:28 AM

Indian tech found in Russian drones

Russia is increasingly relying on non-Western components in its weapons, with new Iranian-designed Shahed drones now featuring far fewer American parts and, for the first time, a component manufactured in India, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) reported on April 7.

7 April 2025, 11:25 AM

Iranian drones