Russia has a shortage of the air defense missiles it needs to fight drones: Ukraine's military chief

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A Russian Pantsir-SMD-E air defense missile system is on display at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai.
One of Russia's primary weapons against Ukraine's drones is the Pantsir missile system.

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Ukraine's Soviet-era 'Shahed hunter' turboprop plane is launching interceptor drones from the sky

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A Sting interceptor launches from the wing of an An-28.
Ukrainian drone makers have been launching their interceptors from An-28s in combat.

Wild Hornets

Russians turned a recon drone into an extended-range mothership for its FPV quadcopters

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Russian soldier holds an Orlan-10.
Russian troops use the Orlan-10 primarily as a reconnaissance drone, but it was recently seen carrying FPV quadcopters under its wings.

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Ukraine teamed up its sea and interceptor drones for the first time to down a Russian Shahed

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A delta-wing drone is seen from behind. An interceptor drone rises out of a cubby on a sea drone.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces said it destroyed a Shahed using an interceptor launched from a sea drone.

Unmanned Systems Forces

North Korean ballistic missiles were made with outdated methods from up to 50 years ago: Ukraine MOD

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Head of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office Oleksandr Filchakov holds wreckage of a North Korean missile.
Ukraine said in 2024 that the debris it found was consistent with that of North Korean missiles.

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Russia had to spend an extra $130 billion to buy goods while sanctioned, analysts from NATO's frontline say

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Sergey Sobyanin looks at Vladimir Putin as both hold candles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, attend an Orthodox Easter service.

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Ukraine has been secretly launching rockets into space from an 'air spaceport' flying at 26,000 feet, lawmaker says

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Fedir Venislavskyi speaks with a microphone.
Fedir Venislavskyi, People's Deputy, member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, speaks during a briefing in 2024.

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The West is preparing for cheap drone attacks, but many businesses and civilians can only watch, not stop them

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A Ukrainian man holds a Chuika detector.
The Chuika detector alerts the user to the presence of a nearby drone and sometimes shows them the UAV's video feed.

Blue Bird Tech

Russia's AK-47 manufacturer is making special bullets for its assault rifles to knock drones out of the sky

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A military training exercise held by an engineer unit of the Russian Southern Military District.
Russia is now trying to mass-produce anti-drone bullets for its Kalashnikov assault rifles.

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Ukraine says it replaced human soldiers with 'ground robots' in over 21,000 missions for Q1

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An armed Ukrainian tracked UGV sits on grass.
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system.

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