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Ukraine downs Shahed with interceptor drone from surface platform for first time

Ukrainian forces said they shot down a Russian Shahed drone for the first time using an interceptor drone launched from a surface platform, the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Apr. 19.

19 April, 02:16 PM

Ukraine downs Russian Ka-27 helicopter over the Black Sea

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Ka-27 multipurpose helicopter over the Black Sea, Ukraine’s Navy said on March 5.

5 March, 02:50 PM

Russia downs own fighter jet over occupied Crimea

Russian troops accidentally shot down one of their own fighter jets over occupied Crimea on Oct. 17, while attempting to repel a Ukrainian drone attack overnight, Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk told Apostrophe TV.

17 October 2025, 01:30 PM

Poland set to let military take down drones over Ukraine independently

Poland is set to amend a 2022 law that required prior approval from the EU and NATO before deploying troops abroad to allow its forces to intercept and shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine, Gazeta Wyborcza reported on Sept. 24.

25 September 2025, 02:29 PM

Ukraine takes down one of Russia’s top jets

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber early on Sept. 25, while it was striking the city of Zaporizhzhya with guided bombs, the Air Force reported on Telegram.

25 September 2025, 08:44 AM

Stockholm ready to shoot down Russian jets and drones

Sweden is prepared to use force, including shooting down aircraft, if necessary, to defend its airspace, the country's Defense Minister Pål Jonson told daily tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet on Sept. 22, commenting on repeated violations of the EU’s airspace by Russian drones and jets.

23 September 2025, 09:48 AM

Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet shoots down Russian Shahed drone — video

A MiG-29 pilot with the call sign Denfix destroyed a Russian Shahed drone in an enemy attack on Ukraine, the Air Force Command wrote and shared a video on June 26.

26 June 2025, 02:55 PM

Ukrainian Air Force intercepts 49 drones in Russian mass nighttime attack

Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack against Ukraine, deploying 85 Shahed drones and decoy UAVs, along with an Iskander-M ballistic missile, 49 drones were neutralized, the Air Force reported on June 11.

11 June 2025, 09:57 AM

Ukraine downs 76 Russian drones overnight

Forty-one of the 112 attack and decoy drones launched by Russian forces overnight were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on May 19.

19 May 2025, 11:52 AM

Ukraine downs 51 Russian drones in overnight attack

Fifty-one of 62 Russian Shahed attack drones were shot down or suppressed by electronic warfare overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on April 14.

14 April 2025, 10:55 AM

Russian drone attack targets Kyiv suburb, injures two

Two people were injured in a Russian overnight drone attack on Kyiv Oblast, the Ukrainian capital officials reported on Telegram early on April 4.

4 April 2025, 10:05 AM

Kyiv repels Russian drone swarm: No damage or casualties

Twenty-seven of 47 Russian drones targeting the Ukrainian capital and its outskirts overnight were shot down, the remaining were suppressed by electronic warfare, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported on Telegram on March 21.

21 March 2025, 10:31 AM

Russia rains drones and missiles on Ukraine: Homes, hospitals targeted

Seventy-two of 145 Russian drones were shot down overnight, the Ukrainian Air Forces reported on Telegram on March 19.

19 March 2025, 09:23 AM

Drone attack hits Moscow suburbs, disrupts flights - Video

At least 73 drones flying toward Moscow were reportedly shot down over the Russian capital’s suburbs overnight, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed early on March 11.

11 March 2025, 08:39 AM

Putin's secret Karelian getaway brushes with drone threat

One of the drones used in a massive overnight attack on Russia was reportedly shot down about 100 kilometers from "Putin's dacha," owned by close friends of the Russian dictator, the Agentstvo (Agency) news outlet reported on Jan. 29.

29 January 2025, 12:01 PM

Ukraine's air defense thwarts massive Russian drone attack

Sixty-five of 100 Shahed attack and other types of drones launched from Russia’s Oryol, Bryansk, and Kursk oblasts, as well as from Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea were shot down overnight over 12 Ukrainian oblasts, the Air Force reported on Telegram on Jan. 28.

28 January 2025, 11:39 AM

All four Russian drones targeting Lviv Oblast intercepted, says Governor

Four Russian attack drones were shot down overnight by mobile fire groups over Ukraine's western Lviv Oblast, regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi reported on Telegram early on Jan. 24.

24 January 2025, 10:57 AM

Twenty-one air targets intercepted over western Ukraine, official says

A total of 20 Russian missiles and one Shahed attack drone were shot down by air defense units of the Ukrainian Air Command West, Lviv Oblast Governor Maksym Kozytskyi reported on Telegram on Jan. 15 after a massive combined drone and missile attack.

15 January 2025, 01:24 PM

Zelenskyy: Russia fired 100+ missiles and drones at Ukraine’s energy and gas sectors

Ukrainian air defences shot down at least 30 of 40 Russian missiles, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram after the Jan. 15 massive combined drone and missile attack.

15 January 2025, 12:31 PM

Ukrainian F-16 ace downs six Russian missiles in one mission

A Ukrainian F-16 pilot successfully intercepted six Russian cruise missiles in a single combat mission for the first time in the history of the U.S.-made fighter jet, the newly appointed head of the Air Force's communications department, Yuriy Ihnat, reported on Facebook on Jan. 7.

7 January 2025, 02:07 PM

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