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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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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Ukraine's drone war is accelerating

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A drone pilot from the 65th Brigade works at a training site in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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Ukraine Destroys Legendary Soviet-Era Telescope Once Used to Phone Aliens

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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.

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Ukraine is starting to move weapons production into NATO, where Russia's missiles can't reach it without risking all-out war

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A worker assembles mortar shells at a factory in Ukraine.
A worker assembles mortar shells at a factory in Ukraine.

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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.

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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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