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

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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.

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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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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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Russia Radio Telescope Rt 70

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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