Ukraine drone warfare

Ukraine developed and halted plans to target Moscow airports with swarms of AI drones

Ukrainian officials were presented with a plan to launch thousands of autonomous drones to target airports in Moscow and the surrounding region, but the initiative was tentatively halted, The Atlantic reported on August 20, citing two sources familiar with the project.

21 August, 09:00 AM

Ukrainian drones overwhelm U.S. forces during major NATO exercise

Ukrainian drone operators “easily” detected and struck U.S. troops and armored vehicles during a military exercise in Germany earlier this year, exposing American vulnerabilities to the kind of drone warfare now dominating the battlefield in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 12.

13 August, 11:35 AM

Ukraine’s $11,000 Hornet drone destroys Russian Su-24M worth millions

The Hornet drone, which has recently become a priority weapon for Ukrainian forces seeking to disrupt Russian logistics in occupied southern Ukraine and the Donbas, is remarkably inexpensive compared with other drones in its class, Defense Express reported on July 17.

18 July, 12:55 PM

Ukraine approves new Talion drone system that can serve as both interceptor and kamikaze drone

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has codified and officially approved for use in the country’s Defense Forces a domestically developed unmanned aerial system called Talion, which can both intercept drones and strike ground targets, according to its decision on June 30.

30 June, 07:14 PM

Ukrainian drones now autonomously intercepting Shaheds, DM Fedorov says

Ukrainian drones are already autonomously intercepting Shahed attack drones, and the Defense Ministry is scaling up a new generation of interceptors, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov reported on June 8.

8 June, 07:55 PM

Ukrainian drones threaten Russian supply routes across occupied territories

Ukraine’s expanding use of longer-range drones is putting mounting pressure on Russian military logistics across the occupied south and east, threatening supply routes Moscow has spent years trying to reinforce with new roads, rail links and other infrastructure, according to a new military analysis reported by Tochnyi.info.

2 June, 04:30 PM

Azov strike drones reach 100 miles behind front lines, targeting Russian supply routes

Drone pilots of Ukraine's 1st Azov Corps of the National Guard are operating reconnaissance and strike drones over Russian-occupied Mariupol, patrolling roads up to 160 kilometers from the front line, the corps reported on May 8.

8 May, 07:04 PM

Ukraine data shows Russian losses surpass reinforcements since December

Russian troop losses have exceeded reinforcements for five consecutive months, according to the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, the service reported on May 4.

4 May, 02:17 PM

Drone warfare intensifies as Ukraine holds critical line near Pokrovsk

Russian assaults have failed to break through Ukrainian defenses along a key northern flank of the Pokrovsk sector, where one brigade is increasingly relying on drones and robotics to reshape the battlefield, a battalion commander told NV.

22 April, 04:09 PM

Zelenskyy calls for stronger sanctions as Ukraine boosts drone warfare

Reduced sanctions and political pressure on Russia from international partners have contributed to a partial increase in the Kremlin’s military ambitions, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on April 21, adding that Ukraine will respond by expanding its use of drones on the battlefield.

21 April, 07:32 PM

Ukraine gains edge over Russia in drone warfare and intercepting enemy drones — ISW

Ukraine appears to have gained the upper hand over Russian forces in battlefield drone warfare, according to both Ukrainian reports and Russian pro-war military bloggers, the Institute for the Study of War said in its April 9 report.

10 April, 10:44 AM

Ukrainian forces hit $15 million Russian air defense system

Ukrainian pilots from the 23rd Khortytsia Brigade of the National Guard destroyed a Russian Pantsir-S air defense system deep behind enemy lines, the unit reported on Facebook on April 7.

7 April, 03:33 PM

Ukraine downs more than 10,000 Russian drones in February

Ukraine’s short-range air defense units set a record in February, destroying more than 10,000 Russian drones, the Defense Ministry said on March 27.

27 March, 02:14 PM

Drones hit Krasnodar as damage reported near key military site

Russian city of Krasnodar came under a large-scale drone attack overnight into Wednesday, March 18, leaving at least one person dead, Mayor Yevgeny Naumov said.

18 March, 10:22 AM

Russia massing forces on Zaporizhzhya front

Russian invasion forces have shifted their main effort to the Zaporizhzhya front, concentrating significant numbers of troops and equipment there, Armed Forces of Ukraine Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on March 15.

15 March, 11:05 PM

Defence minister: Ukraine delivers nearly 950 interceptor drones daily

Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency is delivering nearly 950 interceptor drones per day to Ukrainian forces in December, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said, as Kyiv scales up efforts to counter Russia’s drone attacks.

18 December 2025, 01:24 PM

Fire at Russian Druzhba oil station after Ukrainian drone strike

Ukrainian drone units struck a Russian oil pumping station overnight on Aug. 18, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

18 August 2025, 06:29 PM

Wounded four times, Colombian soldier says he’ll fight for Ukraine until the end

Scorpion, a Colombian soldier in Ukraine’s 3rd International Legion, has become a legend among his unit. As a founding member, he helped forge the spirit of the battalion from the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. His dedication has seen him return time and again to the front despite multiple wounds.

11 July 2025, 03:36 PM

Syrskyi: Russia increased aerial attacks on Ukraine by 60% in June

Russia ramped up the number of aerial attacks on Ukraine by 60% in June, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on July 8.

8 July 2025, 09:19 PM

Russian infantry life priced at $700 amid drone warfare, Ukrainian commander says

A Russian infantryman’s life is worth 30,000 hryvnias ($722) due to Ukraine’s lethal drone strikes, which can kill up to 30 soldiers daily, Rarog drone unit commander Oleh Huyt, alias Hasan, told Radio NV on June 17.

17 June 2025, 04:05 PM

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