Russian pilots are turning unjammable drones into flying IEDs to ambush Ukrainian vehicles

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A Ukrainian tank drives on a road in a village in the Dnipropetrovsk region, on March 16, 2025.
Russia is increasingly using roadside drones to ambush Ukrainian armored vehicles.

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EU Leaders Discuss Building a ‘Drone Wall’ After ‘Hybrid Attack’

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This photograph shows Ukrainian air defence firing projectiles at a Russian drone flying above Kyiv during an air attack on September 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine is leaning on helicopter crews to hunt down and shoot Russia's exploding drones out of the sky

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A man wearing camouflage gear and a beanie stands on top of a helicopter that is sat on a brown ground, with some of its internal systems exposed
Ukraine is using its helicopters as defenses against Russian drones, and says they are very successful.

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A US warship just joined up with NATO's new mission to blunt undersea sabotage for the first time

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), transits across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a comprehensive training unit exercise.
USS Bulkeley has joined NATO's Baltic Sentry mission.

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Russian military aircraft fly close to NATO warships all the time, top commander says

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FGS Hamburg Frigate takes part in the operation to stop Merchant Vessel Royal Diamond 7, a ship carrying jet fuel from the United Arab Emirates to Libya's Benghazi, to enforce UN arms embargo on Libya within the Operation IRINI launched in May by EU, on September 10, 2020.
A Russian military aircraft flew near the German frigate FGS Hamburg earlier this month.

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Ukraine's mysterious 'Ghosts' unit is hunting Russian warplanes in Crimea. They just claimed 2 more hits.

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A screenshot from Ukrainian military footage appears to show footage from a drone before it attacked a Russian An-26 transport aircraft.

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Germany's first permanent brigade abroad since WWII built its war kit for NATO's eastern edge by watching Ukraine

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The Puma S1 infantry fighting vehicle is among the assets the German brigade is bringing to Lithuania.

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Airports in Denmark Shut Down as Mysterious Drones Spotted

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Police cars are seen close to Copenhagen Airport on September 23, 2025.

As drones disrupted Danish airports, they also turned up at an F-35 stealth fighter base

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F-35 fighter jet pictured at the Skrydstrup base of the Royal Danish Air Force in Denmark in September 2023, the same base where Denmark reported drones.

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Ukraine's drone war is accelerating

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Ukrainian soldier using VR technology.
A drone pilot from the 65th Brigade works at a training site in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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This story originally appeared in Politico Magazine and appears on Business Insider through the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network.

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