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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NATO's style of destroying Russian drones in Poland was 'not the way' to effectively defend its skies, Zelenskyy says

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Firefighters work on the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine.
Firefighters work on the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine on Wednesday.

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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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Ukraine's new interceptor drones destroyed 150 of Russia's long-range UAVs in a single night, Zelenskyy says

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This view shows an interceptor FPV-drone during its flight, in an undisclosed location in Dnipropetrovsk region.
Ukraine is rushing to build new interceptor drones at scale to counter Russia's growing Shahed waves.

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Ukraine's weapons makers want to sell arms abroad and argue it will help, not hurt, the fight against Russia

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A Ukrainian serviceman of the 57th Kost Hordiienko Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a position near the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 5, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 57th Kost Hordiienko Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukrai

China's military showed off laser weapons, a 'highly intelligent' tank, and a host of advanced missiles in a big parade

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Soldiers shout as they march past Tiananmen Square for the 80th anniversary parade.
China put on a grand display of its infantry, armor, missile, drone, support vehicles, and aircraft to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Russia's maker of T-series tanks is using hundreds of Western and foreign equipment pieces: Ukrainian intelligence

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Russian T-90M tanks travel through central Moscow during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade.
Russia's tanks, such as the T-90Ms pictured here, are manufactured by Uralvagonzavod, which Ukraine says uses 260 pieces of Western and foreign-made equipment to make the armored platforms.

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Ukraine is keeping soldiers in Western training longer — betting on skill over mass against Russia

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Ukrainian soldiers take part in a training excercise operated by British and Netherlands' armed forces as part of the Interflex programme, in eastern England, on June 17, 2025.
Ukrainian soldiers are trained in the UK and other Western nations in the UK-led Operation Interflex.

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Behind the scenes of the US Army's first air-to-air kill with an FPV drone

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A fixed-wing drone flies in the bottom left corner of the picture, and a first-person view drone flies in the top right. The sky is cloudy and grey.
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Photo courtesy of 1st Lt. Francesco La Torre

The West isn't deep in the all-out drone race. That could be a good thing.

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Two men hold a large grey drone against a grey sky and a muddy ground
A still from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian soldiers preparing their drone to launch it towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

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