Kyiv, Russia and drones
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Russia Bombards Ukraine Capital, Other Cities With Jet-Powered Drones; Dozens Killed & Injured
Russia launched a major drone assault on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying many of the weapons used were faster, jet-powered drones that are harder to intercept.
DRAMATIC new footage shows how purpose-built Ukrainian robot drones caused mayhem deep behind the Russian front line. The audacious war tactic, carried out by Ukraine’s Third Army Corps
Thirty civilians were injured in Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia, officials said, while another Russian attack damaged a multistory apartment building in Odesa, wounding three people, according to Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa regional military administration.
Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight with a Zircon/Oniks anti-ship missile, two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles and 152 drones, with air defence interceptiong 109 aerial assets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered another military expansion, adding 15,500 military personnel as Moscow’s battlefield advances in Ukraine have stalled after more than four and a half years of fighting.
NATO says its current reliance on expensive fighter jets to stop cheap drones can't continue. One member has a new plan for its Russian border.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the Ukrainian use of drones has proven pivotal in the country’s defense against Putin’s forces. Using both airborne and ground vehicles, the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine have made it impossible for the Russian forces to gain a decisive edge on the battlefield,
Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least two people overnight into Sunday, officials said, hours after Moscow rejected German calls to ease off its escalation toward NATO. Russia’s top diplomat on Saturday brushed off what’s believed to have been the first tête-à-tête with his German counterpart since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.