Shaheds

Ukraine downs half of 70 Russian drones

Russian forces launched 70 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones on Ukraine overnight from the Millerovo airfield in Kursk Oblast, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on Oct. 17.

17 October 2025, 10:50 AM

Russia’s three Shahed drone models used against Ukraine still rely on Western parts

Russia is deploying at least three different models of Shahed/Geran drones in its daily attacks on Ukraine, each featuring distinct mixes of foreign-made components, Ukrainian officials said on Oct. 8.

9 October 2025, 02:28 AM

Ukraine repels waves of Russian drones and missiles

Russian forces carried out another combined air assault on Ukraine overnight, launching two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 154 Shahed and Geran attack drones, along with other types of unmanned aerial vehicles, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on Oct. 7.

7 October 2025, 10:22 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

Ukraine downs 46 of 65 Russian drones

Russian forces launched 65 Shahed and Gerbera attack drones at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force Command reported on Telegram on Sept. 30.

30 September 2025, 10:54 AM

Ukraine fends off Russia's drone barrage

Ukrainian air defenses shot down or disabled 128 of the 154 Shahed, Gerbera, and other drones launched from Russia’s Bryansk, Orel, and Millerovo oblasts overnight, the Air Force reported on Telegram on Sept. 26.

26 September 2025, 09:49 AM

Ukraine downs 150 Russian drones overnight

Russian forces launched 176 drones against Ukraine overnight, including about 100 Shahed attack drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on Sept. 25.

25 September 2025, 09:08 AM

Russia’s Geran-2 drones get additional cluster warhead

Russia’s Geran-2 attack drones have been upgraded with an additional 40-kilogram cluster warhead, which will significantly increase the weapon’s destructive power radius, the Shot Telegram channel reported on Sep. 18, citing unnamed sources inside Russia’s defense sector.

18 September 2025, 11:44 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

Kinzhal, Iskander, Kh-101 and Shaheds: Russia hits Ukraine with 629 missiles and drones overnight

Russian forces launched 629 aerial weapons against Ukraine overnight into Aug. 28, the Air Force of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said. Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 589 missiles and drones.

28 August 2025, 11:19 AM

Massive Russian air raid shreds neighborhoods across Kyiv – photos

At least eight people were killed and more than 30 others, including children, were injured in an overnight Russian combined drone and missile air attack on the Ukrainian capital, the Kyiv City State Administration’s (KCSA) head Tymur Tkachenko reported on Telegram on Aug. 28.

28 August 2025, 08:29 AM

Ukraine’s drone edge slipping as Russia ramps up production

Ukraine is in danger of losing the drone arms race with Russia and needs more help, Sky News reported on Aug. 26, posting exclusive access photos from a Ukrainian drone factory, General Cherry.

26 August 2025, 10:51 AM

Ukrainian Air Force: Russia launched 104 drones, most shot down

Air defenses intercepted 76 of the 104 Russian Shahed-type attack and imitation drones launched at Ukraine overnight from Kursk, Orel, Smolensk, Rostov oblasts, and Primorsky Krai, Air Force reported on Telegram on Aug. 25.

25 August 2025, 09:36 AM

Russian Shahed drone likely exploded in Poland

A Russian Shahed kamikaze drone that veered off course during an attack on Ukraine may have fallen and detonated in Poland in the early hours of Aug. 20, Ukrainian outlet Defense Express reported.

21 August 2025, 02:07 AM

Ukraine develops new drone-and-aerostat air defense system to counter Shahed attacks on Kyiv

Ukrainian company MaXon Systems has unveiled a new air-to-air defense system built around interceptor drones and claims that deploying 20 to 25 of them could fully protect Kyiv from Russian Shahed drones, founder Oleksii Solntsev told Defender Media on Aug. 15.

16 August 2025, 04:36 PM

Schools, homes, hospitals burn after strike on Kharkiv Oblast, child among victims

Russian invaders launched a massive overnight drone strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast, injuring six people, including a 15-year-old, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said on Aug. 9.

9 August 2025, 11:37 AM

Russia drops about 200 guided bombs on Ukraine daily — Zelenskyy

Russia’s military drops approximately 200 guided aerial bombs on Ukraine every day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in a statement on Telegram on Aug. 7.

7 August 2025, 05:20 PM

OSINT analysts: Russia preparing Donetsk airport to launch Shahed drones at Ukraine, ISW warns

Russia is preparing to expand its use of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory, including the area around Donetsk airport, as a launch site for drone attacks, according to an Aug. 3 report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

4 August 2025, 12:28 PM

Ukrainian air defenses intercept 7 Russian missiles and neutralize 60 of 76 drones in overnight strike

Russian invaders launched 83 air attacks on Ukraine, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting 61 targets, the Air Force said on Telegram on Aug. 3.

3 August 2025, 12:36 PM

Ukraine ramps up interceptor drones’ production to hunt Russian UAVs

Ukraine has begun mass production of interceptor drones to counter Russian Shaheds and other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told press on July 24.

25 July 2025, 10:50 AM

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