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Russian forces strike Kryvyi Rih again, causing fires and infrastructure damage

Russian forces struck the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast again on the morning of April 14, causing fires and damaging infrastructure, the head of the city’s Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, reported.

14 April, 05:02 PM

Russia still struggles to sustain non-stop Shahed launches

Russia has not been able to establish a steady daily tempo of Shahed kamikaze drone launches it had sought, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) said on March 24.

25 March, 12:23 AM

Ukraine nears frontline deployment of long-range kamikaze drones – photos

Ukraine's Brave1 defense technology cluster has tested strike kamikaze drones capable of resisting electronic warfare and reaching over 40 kilometers, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov reported on X on Sept. 15.

15 September 2025, 06:25 PM

Paris Air Show unveils MBDA's 500-km kamikaze drone

European defense consortium MBDA introduced a new long-range kamikaze drone, the One Way Effector, at the Paris Air Show 2025. It is designed for mass salvo attacks and is capable of striking targets up to 500 kilometers away, Breaking Defense reported on June 16.

19 June 2025, 01:45 PM

Towed glider used to strike Russia’s Shahed factory

Ukraine used a 100-kilogram-warhead glider, towed by an unmanned A-22 ‘Foxbat’ light aircraft, to attack Russia’s Shahed drone manufacturing facility in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, Ukrainian military news outlet Defense Express reported on June 16.

16 June 2025, 11:37 PM

Russia produces over 2,500 Shahed drones each month — HUR

As of late May 2025, Russia is manufacturing more than 5,000 long-range UAVs per month, about half of which are Shahed-136 strike drones, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) said on June 9.

9 June 2025, 09:46 PM

Ukraine develops Shahed-like deep strike drone

Ukraine has begun production of a new combat drone, the Batiar, which bears a visual resemblance to Russia’s Iranian-derived Shahed UAVs, Ukrainian military news outlet Militarnyi reported on May 23.

24 May 2025, 12:36 AM

Drone debris sparks fire on National Bank roof in Kyiv’s Pechersk District

Debris from a drone fell on the roof of a National Bank building in Kyiv’s Pechersk District, the bank’s press service reported Jan. 1.

1 January 2025, 11:12 AM

Russian shelling damages two industrial sites in Nikopol, no casualties reported — photos

Russian troops shelled Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, damaging two industrial enterprises, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram on Dec. 7.

7 December 2024, 01:48 PM

Russian forces launch record number of kamikaze drones at Ukraine in September

Russian forces launched a record number of kamikaze drones against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, according to a UK Defense Intelligence report released on X on Oct. 23.

23 October 2024, 02:50 PM

France to deliver newly developed kamikaze drones to Ukraine within weeks

France will deliver its newly developed kamikaze drones to Ukraine in the coming weeks, French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Oct. 16, according to BFMTV.

16 October 2024, 02:10 PM

Odesa targeted with Shahed drones amid Russian overnight attack on big Ukrainian cities

Russia launched Shahed drones against Ukraine overnight, Air Defense Forces operated in Odesa, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Poltava, the spokesperson of the Odesa Governor's spokesperson Serhii Bratchuk reported on Telegram.

6 August 2024, 08:24 AM

Unidentified Russian drone targets Kyiv, flying at low altitude

Russia launched a new, unidentified drone in an overnight attack on Kyiv on July 19, according to Defense Express. The Air Force Command reported the drone's designation.

21 July 2024, 11:45 AM

Russian strike drone veers off course to Belarus

One of Russian suicide drones flew into the territory of Belarus, forcing Belarusian troops to scramble their jets and sent a helicopter to control the situation, reported monitoring group the Belarusian Hajun on Telegram on July 12.

12 July 2024, 06:02 PM

Ukrainian Air Defense downs 86% of Russia's 2200 attack drones launched this year

Russia has launched 2,277 attack drones on Ukraine since the beginning of 2024, with Ukrainian Air Defense destroying 86% of them, reported Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk on Telegram on June 25.

25 June 2024, 07:55 PM

Ukrainian strikes on Russian radars not act of escalation, explains Ukraine spy chief Budanov

Ukraine’s strikes on Russian nuclear warning radar systems are not an act of escalation, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, explained in an interview on Ukrainian television on June 12.

13 June 2024, 01:55 PM

China is the reason Russia has 10 times as many drones as Ukraine - UAV crew commander

China is the reason Russia has 10 times the number of drones than Ukraine, said the Rubizh 4th Operational Brigade's 'Visitation of God' UAV crew commander, Andrii Otchenash on national TV on May 21.

22 May 2024, 10:06 AM

Students in Vinnytsia Oblast make drones in their spare time for Ukraine's defenders at the front

A team of students in Vinnytsia Oblast make attack drones and bombers for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, team head, Vladyslav, told Suspilne Vinnytsia.

20 May 2024, 12:09 PM

Sumy hospitals and other critical infrastructure forced to use backup power after mass Russian drone attack

Ukraine's Sumy has been forced to turn on backup power to critical infrastructure facilities following a mass Russian Shahed drone attack, Sumy City Military Administration head, Oleksiy Drozdenko, reported,

6 May 2024, 09:51 AM

Bild gives very accurate description of Shoigu's ‘golf carts’ on battlefield

Chinese UTV DesertCross 1000-3 all-terrain vehicles, better known as "Shoigu's golf carts," have become real "coffins on wheels" for the Russian soldiers in Ukraine, the German newspaper Bild reported on March 26.

27 March 2024, 01:02 PM

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