Shahed drones

Ukraine’s Air Force: 89 of 113 Russian drones shot down, Zaporizhzhya struck by 10 missiles

Russia launched 113 attack drones, including Shahed and Geran types, against Ukraine, 89 of which were shot down or suppressed by air defenses, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Sept. 16.

16 September 2025, 11:18 AM

Russia hits Kramatorsk center with three FAB-250 bombs, nine people wounded

Russia struck downtown Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast with three bombs, the city council said on Telegram on Sept. 15.

15 September 2025, 11:35 AM

Polish company sold Iran parts for Shahed drones

Polish company WSK Poznań sold parts used in Iranian Shahed-136 combat drones that recently attacked Poland, Głos Wielkopolski reported on Sept. 12.

12 September 2025, 05:49 PM

Ukraine ready to help partners build multilayer drone defense—Zelenskyy

Ukraine stands ready to share its unique experience in building a multilayer defense system against swarms of cheap drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sept. 11.

11 September 2025, 08:36 PM

Russia modifies Shaheds into FPV drones with cameras and modems — Defense Express

Since August, Russia has been routinely equipping its Shahed-type attack drones with mesh modems, antennas, and cameras, effectively converting them into FPV-style drones capable of transmitting data along a network “chain,” Defense Express reported on Sept. 11.

11 September 2025, 10:25 AM

Russia grows bolder in provoking NATO defenses - ISW

Russia likely launched drones into Polish airspace to test NATO’s response and gather intelligence for future conflicts with the West, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Sept. 10.

11 September 2025, 08:44 AM

Russian drones over Poland raise doubts about NATO’s air defense

NATO’s ability to defend its own territory was called into question after around 20 Russian drones breached Polish airspace on Sept. 10, Reuters reported.

10 September 2025, 10:21 PM

Trump has little to say on Russian drones in Poland

In an uncharacteristically short social media post, U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged Russia probing Polish air defenses with more than a dozen Shahed UAVs on Sept. 10.

10 September 2025, 09:47 PM

Seven drones and missile debris found in Poland

Seven drones and missile debris were found in Poland after Russia’s overnight attack, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galęcka said, according to The Guardian on Sept. 10.

10 September 2025, 03:55 PM

Explosions hit Kyiv, Lviv, Lutsk as strikes damage enterprises in Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr

Russia launched a new wave of Shahed drone attacks on Ukraine on the evening of Sept. 9, followed by cruise and ballistic missiles by morning, triggering air raid alerts across multiple oblasts; explosions were heard in Kyiv and Lviv, while Poland’s airspace was heavily violated by drones for the first time as the country engaged in air defense on Sept. 10.

10 September 2025, 01:46 PM

Russia’s drone attack on Poland was no accident — Kallas

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Russia deliberately attacked Poland with drones, calling it an intentional strike by the aggressor country on Sept. 10.

10 September 2025, 12:56 PM

Polish president calls urgent security meeting after Russian drone incursion

Polish President Karol Nawrocki will convene a National Security Bureau meeting with Prime Minister Donald Tusk in response to the Sept. 10 drone attack, the BBC reported.

10 September 2025, 11:13 AM

Sybiha urges joint air defense after Poland drone incursion

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha warned that the weak response of international partners to Russian drones crossing into Poland on the night will only embolden Moscow and risk UAVs and missiles flying deeper into Europe, he wrote on X on Sept. 10.

10 September 2025, 10:41 AM

Russian drones attack western Ukraine, Poland scrambles jets

Poland scrambled fighter jets and put its air defenses on high alert as waves of Russian kamikaze drones were attacking western Ukraine on the night of Sept. 9-10.

10 September 2025, 03:55 AM

Russian drone deliberately strikes emergency crews in Kramatorsk

Russian invaders struck rescuers in Kramatorsk with a drone as they worked to extinguish a fire in a residential building, deliberately targeting firefighters in the line of duty, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said on Sept. 8.

8 September 2025, 02:49 PM

Russia deploys upgraded Shahed drones with live targeting - military analyst

Russian forces have begun deploying Shahed drones equipped with cameras and remote-control systems, Ukrainian expert in radio-electronics and communications Serhii Beskrestnov, known as Flash, wrote on Sept. 3.

8 September 2025, 10:18 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

Explosion of civilian vessel near Odesa most likely unrelated to sea mine

An investigation into the explosion of a civilian vessel in the Black Sea near Odesa on Aug. 31 is ongoing, and the blast was most likely not caused by a sea mine, Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said on national television on Sept. 4.

4 September 2025, 12:56 PM

Russian drone strike on Zaporizhzhya injures three people

Russian invaders attacked Zaporizhzhya with a drone, wounding three people, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram on Sept. 4.

4 September 2025, 12:18 PM

Russian Shahed drones target Odesa, fires rage in city - video

Russian forces launched another drone attack on the city of Odesa with Shahed strike drones, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) reported on Sept. 4.

4 September 2025, 09:00 AM

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