A top Ukrainian drone commander said on Tuesday that his forces have used uncrewed aerial vehicles to knock out 300 ships in Russia’s “shadow fleet” over 11 weeks. Maj. Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, said as drone crews reached this tally after they attacked and “burned” 21 tankers over the last
Ukraine’s developers are equipping war robots with microphones and speakers to allow them to serve as mobile spies against Russia, to urge Russian soldiers to surrender, and to talk with their own comrades who need help. Ukraine is increasingly using uncrewed ground vehicles to launch attacks, transport equipment, pick up wounded troops, and lay mines,
At least two people have been killed and six injured in a “massive” overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyev has said. Vorobyev said 249 drones had been shot down, and he reported fires in several residential houses. A local warehouse was also ablaze. In the capital Moscow, an oil refinery
Ukraine’s drones flew nearly 2,000 miles into northwestern Siberia to strike two Russian gas facilities, a record distance for the war, said Ukrainian special forces. The strikes on Wednesday targeted a major plant in Novy Urengoy, a gas-producing city, and another facility about 60 miles south in the Purovsky district, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces, or
One of the big lessons that NATO member Norway has learned from training Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion is that it cannot afford to get bogged down in this sort of war, its officers say. NATO is worried about Russian aggression and the possibility of further armed conflict, and the alliance has been significantly increasing
Meanwhile, Ozon workers in Adygeysk, in the Adygea region, and Nevinnomyssk, in the Stavropol region, have been evacuated. Videos posted on social media of the Ozon attacks have been verified by the BBC. One shows a drone hitting a warehouse in the Orenburg region, while another shows a large plume of smoke and flames rising
