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Police remove missile warhead near apartment building in Darnytskyi district

Explosive ordnance specialists removed a missile warhead that fell near a residential high-rise in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district after Russia’s overnight attack on June 28, Kyiv police said.

28 June, 12:43 PM

Russia equips its Kalibr cruise missiles with devastating cluster warheads

Russia upgraded its Kalibr cruise missiles with cluster warheads and reverted to imported electronics after domestic alternatives failed, Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on June 9.

9 June, 01:57 PM

Drone without warhead discovered in Romania’s Maramureș County

A drone without a warhead was discovered in the village of Băsești in northwestern Romania, Romanian broadcaster TVR reported on May 28.

29 May, 10:20 AM

Russia’s modified Geran drone can now shoot aircraft and strike targets, Ukraine reveals

Russia has equipped a new version of its Geran drone with a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) and a strike warhead, adapting it to target aircraft in response to Ukraine’s successful air defense efforts, Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency reported on Jan. 12.

12 January, 12:11 PM

Russian Kinzhal missile fragment lands in residential yard in Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast

A piece of a Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile fell into the yard of a private home in Chernihiv Oblast’s Nizhyn district, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported on Nov. 30.

1 December 2025, 11:53 AM

Flamingo missile coded as drone with 1,150-kg payload - video

Flamingo missile, capable of carrying a 1,150-kg warhead for 3,000 km, is classified as a drone, the Fire Point company's co-owner and chief designer Denys Shtilerman told Radio NV on Oct. 16.

21 October 2025, 10:19 AM

Russia boosts Shahed drones lethality with new warheads

Russian forces have upgraded their Iranian-designed Shahed-136 attack drones with two types of new 90-kilogram warheads instead of the original 50-kilogram one, Defense Express reported on May 20, citing its own sources.

20 May 2025, 01:47 PM

Kharkiv hit by Russian Iskander missile with high-explosive fragmentation warhead

A Russian Iskander missile armed with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead struck Kharkiv and had the potential to completely destroy a building, according to Serhiy Bolvinov, head of the investigative department of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast on April 18.

18 April 2025, 06:49 PM

Expert Katkov reveals details of Rubezh missile’s split warhead

Oleh Katkov, editor-in-chief of Defense Express, discussed the design of the Russian Rubezh intercontinental missile warhead, which Russia likely used in a strike on Ukraine on Nov. 21, in an interview with Radio NV.

21 November 2024, 02:10 PM

Unexploded warhead of Russian Kh-101 missile destroyed in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine’s Emergency Service report

A Russian Kh-101 missile’s unexploded warhead was destroyed by a pyrotechnical, underwater and humanitarian demining unit in Vinnytsia Oblast, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service (SES) reported on March 16.

16 March 2024, 02:05 PM

Aircraft-type drone with 20-kg warhead crashed on territory of St. Petersburg oil terminal

An aircraft-type drone with a 20-kg warhead was found on the territory of the St. Petersburg oil terminal, the Russian Astra telegram channel reported on Mar. 4.

4 March 2024, 11:50 AM

Enhanced warhead-equipped drone suspected in Odesa residential building devastation – Humeniuk

Russia may have used modified drones with enhanced warheads that caused significant destruction to a residential building in Odesa overnight, Ukraine’s South Operational Command spokeswoman, Natalia Humeniuk, told the Ukrinform news agency on Mar. 3.

3 March 2024, 05:55 PM

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