Ukraine forms new helicopter units to fight off Russia's nightly drone attacks

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A low-flying Ukrainian military helicopter using the roads for navigation in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Region.
Ukrainian helicopters have become an increasingly important air defense tool.

ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect

Russia is unleashing a new surge of exploding drone attacks on Ukraine's rail network

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Firefighters work next to a passenger train hit by today's Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at the railway station in the town of Shostka, Sumy region, Ukraine October 4, 2025.
Russia has ramped up its attacks on Ukraine's rail network since August.

NATIONAL POLICE OF UKRAINE/via REUTERS

A NATO ally is offering Ukraine a workaround for its biggest weapons production problems

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Workers in blue jumpsuits stand at the side of a big black missile inside of a factory
Ukrainian companies make missiles, drones, ammunition, and other weaponry, and Denmark has started a new initiative to help them boost production.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Ukraine's long-range drone strikes are punishing the industry fueling Russia's war

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Powerful blast as drones hit the Novokuibyshevsk Oil Refinery in the Samara region of Russia (900km from the front line) on Aug 2, 2025.
A massive fireball erupts after a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian oil refinery in August.

EYEPRESS via Reuters Connect

Ukraine says a massive Russian overnight missile and drone barrage was packed with 100,000 foreign-made parts

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A large black drone sits in a field beside 2 men who are holding. large white tarp
Russia's Shahed drones were among the Russian weaponry that Ukraine said it found foreign-made parts in

Ivan SAMOILOV / AFP

Ukraine just broke cover on its newest homemade Neptune missile. It's bulked up with the latest upgrades.

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An image released by Ukraine of a modified Neptune cruise missile.
The latest variant of Ukraine's Neptune cruise missile.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal via X

Russia says it bombed Ukrainian drones. Satellite image analysis suggests it only hit crop trucks.

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An overhead view of Ukrainian trucks parked next to a field.
Russia said it carried out a strike on Ukrainian drones last week.

Russian Ministry of Defense

NATO allies are betting on tanks, even as exploding drones are wiping them out in Ukraine

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Ukraine tank
A Ukrainian tank drives down a street in the heavily damaged town of Siversk which is situated near the front lines with Russia on January 21, 2023 in Siversk, Ukraine.

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Russia is stepping up its hunt for top targets: the pilots powering Ukraine's drone fight

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A Ukrainian serviceman carries a Domakha reconnaissance drone, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 2, 2025.
Ukrainian drone pilots have become increasingly under threat.

Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect

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.

Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images

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