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Russia is intensifying its air war in Ukraine. A secretive factory is ramping up drone production to fuel the offensive
A manufacturing plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region has significantly scaled up its production of Iranian-designed drones, using a range of Chinese components, and recruiting a low-skilled workforce of Russian teenagers and African women,
Russian airports disrupted after 'massive' overnight drone exchange with Ukraine
Two Russian airports were put under flight restrictions early Saturday after authorities alleged an attack by Ukrainian drones, according to state-run news agencies.
Ukrainian drones strike Russia as Kyiv reels from consecutive massive air attacks
According to Ukraine’s air force, Russia kept up its drone attacks on Saturday, launching 132 of the munitions across Ukrainian territory. Fifty-eight drones were shot down and a further 72 veered off course, likely due to electronic jamming, according to the air force’s online statement.
Ukraine sends drones deep into Russia — as Kremlin launches 113 of its own in fierce exchange
Ukraine launched drones deep into the heart of Russia, over 600 miles from the front lines of the war, early Saturday, striking residential buildings and an industrial facility, according to
Russian drone attack kills two in Ukraine's Donetsk region, several injured in Dnipropetrovsk
Russian drones struck a multi-storey apartment building in the front line town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region of Ukraine on Thursday, killing two people and injuring two, regional prosecutors said.
Secret plant in Russia increases drone production for war against Ukraine
In 2023, the factory produced 2,738 Shahed drones, and by the first nine months of 2024, it more than doubled this output, manufacturing 5,760 drones. According to anonymous sources, the factory is also assembling thousands of “fake” drones aimed at exhausting Ukraine’s air defense systems.
Russia launches three dozen drones at Ukraine from two directions overnight
Russian forces launched 31 drones of various types at Ukraine. Most of them were shot down by air defense, reports the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "On the night of December 26, the enemy attacked with 31 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and other drones from the directions of Oryol and Millerovo,

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Ukraine war latest: Russia's new Oreshnik missile relies on Western manufacturing technology, FT reports
Russia's new intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, recently fired at Ukraine, was developed using advanced manufacturing equipment from Western companies, despite sanctions, The ...
Zelenskyy denounces Russia's Christmas Day missile and drone attack on Ukraine as "inhumane"
A massive Russian missile and drone barrage on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Christmas morning was "inhumane," Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said.
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan "does not look like" bird strike as Russia suggested, experts say
Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an ...
How Ukraine’s new drone-missile hybrids are changing long-range weapon technology
Ukraine has turbo-charged its long-distance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), making “rocket-drones” to compete with cruise ...
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Ukraine-Russia latest: North Korea prepares to send kamikaze drones and more troops to battlefield
And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans ... adding that the North had expressed its intention to give them to Russia. Such drones have been widely used in the ...
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Russia deploys 24-barrel buckshot-firing anti-drone buggies in Ukraine
The centerpiece of this new anti-drone strategy is the 24-barrel setup, installed on a remotely operated turret located at the front of the b ...
Russia ‘shot down passenger jet with air defence missile amid Ukrainian drone attack’ killing 38 in Xmas fireball crash
RUSSIA downed a passenger plane over Kazakhstan on Christmas Day killing 38 in a fireball crash, according to government sources. An initial investigation by the Azerbaijani government reportedly ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv targets missile fuel factory as Moscow claims assassination attempts foiled
Ukraine has claimed to have struck a Russian industrial facility producing fuel for missiles, as Moscow says it has foiled ...