Ukraine slammed more long-range drones into Russian oil, taking aim at its most valuable industry

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LUKOILS REFINERY, VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA -- AUGUST 26, 2025: Maxar satellite imagery shows a burned out portion of the Lukoils Volgorad refinery complex following a Ukrainian drone strike. Please use: Satellite image (c) 2025 Maxar Technologies.
Satellite imagery shows the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on an oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd region.

Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies

DJI’s New Light-as-Hell Drone Has the Best Camera You Can’t Buy

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Machine gunners going head-to-head with Russian drones are getting new interceptors for the hard-to-reach threats

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Soldiers of a mobile anti-aircraft brigade prepare a 12.7mm calibre heavy machine gun near a training field in the Khmelnytsky region, on July 8, 2024.
Russia's Shahed drones are increasingly becoming a headache for Ukraine's mobile air defense units.

Photo by FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images

Navies are facing a 'back to the future' moment as the sea drone threat rises, future of war study says

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A new released Sea Baby drone
Ukraine's arsenal of naval drones has wreaked havoc on Russia's Black Sea Fleet

AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

Ukraine is betting on this Western country to build thousands of its interceptor drones

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Roman Shemechko, cofounder of Besomar company, launches an interceptor drone on February 21, 2025 in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. Ukrainian Besomar company has developed a fixed-wing UAV interceptor to shoot down Russian drones.

Top Ukrainian commander says drones hit over 67,000 Russian targets in a month, offering a look into the onslaught

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Soldiers from a fiber-optic drone unit of the 93rd Brigade test drones before heading to the front lines in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 17, 2025.
Ukraine's top commander said his forces have used drones to hit nearly 70,000 Russian targets in recent weeks.

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How paratroopers are tackling drone warfare as the US Army bets big on the tech

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Two US Army soldiers look at a first-person view quadcopter drone on a muddy, grassy terrain with a cloudy sky in the background.
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US Army photos by Elena Baladelli

The West isn't deep in the all-out drone race. That could be a good thing.

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Two men hold a large grey drone against a grey sky and a muddy ground
A still from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian soldiers preparing their drone to launch it towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

Why this NATO drone maker is buying made-in-Ukraine parts

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A man stands in a green field under a blue sky wearing green camouflage gear and holding a drone on his shoulder
Ukraine is rapidly innovating new types of drone and their components.

Serhii Korovainyi/REUTERS

The US Air Force is taking notes from Ukraine's shock Operation Spiderweb to protect its strategic bombers

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Inside an airbase shelter, an aircraft sits on a runway and people stand around it. The background is a blue sky with a line of clouds.
Ukraine's operation Spiderweb against Russian aircraft could provide lessons for major military powers.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard

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