Ukrainian air defenses

Zelenskyy holds top military meeting, orders new air defenses ahead of winter

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy convened a Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff meeting on Sept. 1 to review the country’s preparations for the heating season and ramp up air defense capabilities, Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

1 September 2025, 04:45 PM

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

Ukraine downs Russian Orlan drone with strike FPV payload

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Orlan “mothership” drone, used by the aggressor as a carrier for strike FPV drones, marking the first such takedown, as reported by the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade on their Facebook page on Aug. 22.

22 August 2025, 08:41 PM

Ukrainian commander details Russia’s Kupiansk push and Kharkiv front strategy

Commander of the 429th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment Achilles, Yuriy Fedorenko, in an interview with Radio NV, on the Kupiansk sector as one of Russia’s key priorities, and the broader threat from Moscow that spans more than eight Ukrainian oblasts and Crimea.

5 August 2025, 10:55 AM

Russian attack hits Ukraine, 44 of 72 drones neutralized

Russian troops launched an attack on Ukraine with 72 drones in the early hours of Aug. 1, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram.

1 August 2025, 11:10 AM

Ukraine neutralizes 51 of 78 Russian drones, 3 injured

The Russian army attacked Ukraine with 78 strike drones overnight, including Shahed models and various decoy drones, with Ukrainian Defense Forces downing or suppressing 51, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on July 30.

30 July 2025, 12:51 PM

Ukraine's air defense downs 78 Russian drones in overnight strike

Russian forces launched an overnight attack on Ukraine using 83 Shahed drones and various decoy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with Ukrainian air defenses shooting down or suppressing 78, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on July 27.

27 July 2025, 12:38 PM

Netherlands commits to Patriot systems for Ukraine – DM Brekelmans

The Netherlands will make a substantial contribution to providing Ukraine with U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on X on July 21.

22 July 2025, 11:35 AM

Russia hits Ukraine with 450 air assets, 224 downed

Russia launched 450 air attack assets against Ukraine in the early hours of July 21, according to the Ukrainian Air Force’s press service on Telegram. The air defenses destroyed 224 targets, while 203 UAVs failed to reach their targets.

21 July 2025, 10:53 AM

Russia’s 136 drones, 4 missiles strike Ukraine, 108 downed

The Russian military attacked Ukraine with four S-300/400 anti-aircraft guided missiles and 136 Shahed drones and decoy drones of various types overnight, according to a statement from the Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram on July 14.

14 July 2025, 12:15 PM

Zelenskyy seeks global support for Ukraine’s drone, air defenses

Ukraine aims to involve more than 30 countries and several hundred companies in its drone and air defense production sectors, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at the conference in Rome on July 10.

10 July 2025, 04:55 PM

US freezes air defense, other key weapons shipments to Kyiv

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a pause in missile and ammunition deliveries to Kyiv, including Patriot interceptors vital for Ukraine’s air defenses, amid one of Russia’s biggest aerial attack campaigns of the war, Defense Express reported on July 2.

2 July 2025, 11:02 AM

Russia hits Ukraine with 107 drones, 74 downed by air defenses

Russian forces launched 107 Shahed attack drones and decoy UAVs against Ukraine overnight into June 30, starting at 10:00 p.m. Kyiv time on June 29, with Ukrainian air defenses neutralizing 74, according to the Ukrainian Air Force’s report on Telegram.

30 June 2025, 11:08 AM

New record: Russia launches 537 aerial targets at Ukraine, 475 intercepted — photos

Russia launched a massive overnight air assault on Ukraine on June 29, firing a record 537 aerial targets, of which 475 were intercepted, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

29 June 2025, 09:45 AM

Umerov: Ukraine adapting to Russia’s evolving drone tactics

Ukraine has been systematically working for three years to develop effective defenses against Russian kamikaze drones, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on June 27, according to public broadcaster Suspilne.

27 June 2025, 06:05 PM

Russia launches 104 drones at Ukraine overnight, 88 neutralized — Air Force

Ukrainian air defense forces successfully neutralized 88 of 104 Russian drones, launched by the aggressor in its nighttime attack, the Air Force reported on June 19.

19 June 2025, 10:14 AM

Ukraine counters Russia’s drone strategy with technology

Russia’s growing use of Shahed drones will be met with quality countermeasures, Ukraine's disinformation chief Andriy Kovalenko said on Telegram on June 18, disputing claims the drones could level Ukraine.

18 June 2025, 08:05 PM

Russia spreading false claim of Ukrainian air defense missile hitting Kyiv high-rise

Russia falsely claimed a Ukrainian air defense missile struck the Solomianskyi district apartment block in Kyiv during a June 17 attack to justify its war crimes, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) reported on Telegram.

18 June 2025, 05:13 PM

New airstrike record: Russia attacks Ukraine with 472 drones, 7 missiles overnight

Overnight into June 1, starting at 7:30 p.m. on May 31, Russian forces launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine using 479 airborne weapons, the Air Force reported on June 1 — the largest drone attack since the start of the full-scale invasion.

1 June 2025, 02:39 PM

Russia launches new Dan-M drone capable of flying at 9 kilometers

Russian forces used a new type of jet-powered combat drone, the Dan-M, in a morning attack on Ukraine on May 29, according to military communications and electronic warfare expert Serhiy Beskrestnov (also known as “Flash”), writing on Telegram.

29 May 2025, 02:15 PM

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