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Editor's note: This article was updated to include a confirmation from Ukraine's military intelligence agency. Ukraine's military intelligence agency confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that it was behind a drone attack targeting Russian military facilities in Russia's Tatarstan Republic on May 23. A source from the agency said the drones had reached the cities of Nizhnekamsk and Kazan, but did not specify the extent of the damage caused. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed earlier in the day that air defenses had shot down a Ukrainian drone in the area. Russian Telegram channels shared videos ...
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Russian forces shot down a Ukrainian drone over occupied Crimea on May 2, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed. Russian air defense shot down a drone at around 6:30 p.m. local time, according to the ministry. No casualties or damages were reported. The Crimean Bridge was closed to traffic and a siren went off in military units in occupied Sevastopol, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel wrote. The Kyiv Independent could not verify these claims. In recent months, Ukraine has intensified its attacks on occupied Crimea, targeting Russian military assets in and around the Black Sea. A Russian proxy c...
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Editor’s Note: This article was published by the twice-weekly newsletter “The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak” on April 29, 2024, and has been re-published by the Kyiv Independent with permission. To subscribe to "The Counteroffensive," click here. While most Ukrainians take shelter during Russian attacks, Ukrainian soldier Kostiantyn Chernyshov heads toward the drones. In a war of advanced technology, Kostiantyn's tools would be more at home in World War II: he shoots down Russian drones with a machine gun. "You only have a few seconds to shoot down the drone or damage it as much as possible," ...
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Russia attacked Ukraine with nine drones overnight on April 28, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported. Five of them were shot down by the Ukrainian forces. Four Shahed-type attack drones were launched from Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea. Anti-craft missile units and mobile fire groups shot down all of them over Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, and Kirovohrad oblasts, according to the report. Russian forces launched five more drones of unknown types from the occupied territory of Kherson Oblast, with one of them shot down over Mykolaiv Oblast, according to Oleshchuk. Russia also launched ...
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Air defenses in Russia's Bryansk, Kaluga, and Smolensk Oblasts intercepted several drones overnight on April 20, which fell and started a fire at three separate energy facilities, according to regional officials. Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that debris from a drone that was intercepted over the Vygonichsky District fell on an energy facility, causing a mass fire. At least six drones were also intercepted over the Suzemsky and Vygonichsky districts. Russian-affiliated Telegram channels later posted photos of a mass fire at the substation in Bryansk. Later that night, Kaluga O...
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Ukrainian air defenses downed 15 missiles and 14 Shahed-type drones during a Russian attack overnight on April 19, reported Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleschuk. Russia launched a total of 36 missiles and drones overnight,targeting Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa oblasts. Russian missiles targeted residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in the cities of Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, and Synelnykove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the morning, killing at least nine civilians, including three children, and injuring 29 other people. According to the Air Force's report, 11 Kh-59/Kh-69 guid...
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Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Ukrainian drones attacked a military unit in the city of Kovylkino in Russia's Mordovia Republic, hitting a Container radar station on April 17, a source in Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent. Earlier the same day, Artem Zdunov, the head of Mordovia Republic, said that a drone had targeted a facility in the region. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian drone over Mordovia. Container over-the-horizon radar, which reportedly came under the attack, is ...
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Drone combat in Russia’s war against Ukraine is changing warfare. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being used at an unprecedented scale for which neither the Ukrainian nor the Russian armies were quite prepared. Both militaries have made significant progress with respect to drones, sometimes modernizing them in the midst of battle on the front. Let’s take a look at the evolution of Russia’s drone arsenal. ForpostsThe Forpost, a licensed replica of the Israeli IAI Searcher, is the most well-known of Russia’s drones from the 2010s. Produced at the Ural Plant of Civil Aviation since 2012, Russ...
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Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on April 14 condemned Iran’s massive overnight attack on Israel and warned of escalation in the region. The ministry said the attack was “unacceptable and irresponsible" and called for efforts to prevent a “larger regional conflict.” “This attack once again demonstrates the importance of mobilizing all the forces of the free world to defend the global frontiers of democracy,” the ministry wrote. Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) said on April 14 that Iran launched 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles. The overwhelming majority were downed outside Is...
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Editor's note: This story is being updated. Ukrainian drones attacked a Russian aviation training center in the city of Borisoglebsk in Russia's Voronezh Oblast overnight on April 9, a representative of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), not allowed to go public at this time, told the Kyiv Independent. The confirmation came after the Russian Telegram channel Astra claimed the aviation center for flight personnel training was attacked by two drones. The drones allegedly exploded, damaging the facade of the building and windows, according to the Telegram channel. The representative of Ukrain...
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