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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

Russia rains drones on dense Kharkiv neighborhoods

At least twelve Russian attack drones targeted the densely populated districts of the Ukrainian administrative center of Kharkiv overnight, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram early on July 21.

21 July 2025, 09:17 AM

Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine’s energy infrastructure was a primary target of the overnight Russian air raid, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram on July 17.

16 July 2025, 10:16 AM

Russian drone hits maternity ward in Kharkiv

At least three people were injured in a morning Russian drone attack on the densely populated Saltovskyi district of Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram early on July 11.

11 July 2025, 06:05 AM

Russia expands Shahed drone plant in Tatarstan, satellite photos show

Russia is expanding the Shahed UAV manufacturing facility in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, as seen in satellite images NV examined on July 9.

9 July 2025, 09:42 PM

Russia gave North Korea AA systems, Shahed technology — HUR

North Korea has deployed the first Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft systems it received from Russia, along with technology to produce Iranian-designed Shahed UAVs, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov said on July 1.

1 July 2025, 11:46 PM

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

How Ukraine could counter Russian Shahed drones

Ukraine has the capacity to scale the production of anti-air UAVs to hunt and destroy Russia’s Iranian-designed Shahed drones, Oleh Katkov, editor-in-chief of Defense Express, told NV Radio on June 26.

26 June 2025, 09:44 PM

Ukraine downs 70 Russian drones overnight

Seventy of the 86 Russian Shahed-131/136 attack and imitation drones were either shot down or suppressed by electronic warfare overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on June 20.

20 June 2025, 07:31 AM

Russia launches missile and drone barrage across Ukraine, hits critical infrastructure in Zaporizhzhya

Russia launched a new air attack on Ukraine beginning the night of May 31, starting with Shahed drones launched from the north and east. Later, its forces fired cruise and ballistic missiles.

1 June 2025, 11:38 AM

Russia may soon launch 1,000 Shaheds per strike, Ukrainian intel warns

Russia plans to ramp up its Shahed drone production to 500 units a day, allowing it to launch as many as 1,000 drones in a single strike, according to documents obtained by Ukraine’s military intelligence, The Economist reported on May 25.

26 May 2025, 10:32 AM

Russia rolls out jet-powered 300-kg warhead drone

On the night of May 17-18, Russian forces reportedly used the modernized, more powerful "Geran-3" drone, an analogue to the Iranian Shahed-238, in the largest single drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale aggression, according to a May 18 report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

19 May 2025, 10:52 AM

Defense Express debunks Russian boasts about ‘unstoppable’ Shahed drones

Russian forces are indeed upgrading their Shahed drones and other long-range attack UAVs, but Ukraine still has the tools to counter this terror weaponry, the military analysis outlet Defense Express reported on May 18.

18 May 2025, 07:55 PM

Russia launches largest drone attack since 2022, targeting Ukraine with 273 UAVs — Air Force

Russia carried out its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began, launching 273 Shahed-type attack drones and other decoy UAVs overnight on May 18, starting at 4 p.m. on May 17, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.

18 May 2025, 10:09 AM

Russia rains 110 drones on Ukraine overnight

Sixty-two of 110 Russian Shahed and imitation drones of various types were shot down over the eastern, northern, western, and central parts of Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported on Telegram on May 15.

15 May 2025, 10:40 AM

Over $28 million needed to repair Chornobyl NPP containment arch

Repairs to the radiation containment arch over the remains of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s fourth reactor—damaged in a Russian drone strike—could cost more than EUR25 million ($28.3 million), The Guardian reported on May 7.

7 May 2025, 09:43 PM

Russia rains drone and missile terror on Kyiv: Two killed, high-rises torched

Two people were killed and eight others, including four children, were injured in a Russian combined drone and ballistic missile attack on densely populated districts of the Ukrainian capital overnight, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram early on May 7.

7 May 2025, 08:19 AM

Russian forces hit Konotop with ballistic missiles and swarm of drones, Mayor says

An infrastructure facility was destroyed in a massive combined Russian drone and ballistic missile attack on the city of Konotop in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast, Mayor Artem Semenikhin reported on Facebook early on May 5.

5 May 2025, 08:52 AM

Ukrainian fighter jet destroys Russian drone in captured footage — video

The Ukrainian Air Force has released footage showing a MiG-29 fighter pilot shooting down a Russian attack drone, the Western Air Command said on April 29.

29 April 2025, 04:39 PM

Russia launches 100 drones over Ukraine overnight, most shot down or lost

The Russian invaders launched 100 drones at Ukraine, with air defense forces downing 37, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on April 29.

29 April 2025, 10:51 AM

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