Ukraine Deploys Drones Against Russia Amid Escalating Conflict
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On Saturday night, Ukraine fired some 822 drones towards Russia, with 600 aiming for Moscow, according to its regional governor, who said the Russian capital had suffered "one of the most massive drone attacks in recent memory". Seven deaths were reported across Russia.
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NPR NewsUkraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.
BreitbartBritish-made drones have been used by the Ukrainian armed forces for deep-strike missions against the Russian economy for the first time, a report states, prompting Moscow to make one of its periodic allusions to the threat of nuclear war.
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Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and currently controls approximately a fifth of Ukrainian territory.
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The drone has already been tested with the British military and flown from Royal Navy ships from a catapult launch rail. It is stated the British government is to give “over 150,000” drones to Ukraine this year, although presumably the majority of these will be inexpensive short-range drones, not the long-range attack drones made in Britain only now being used by Ukraine for the first time in recent months.
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BBC NewsIn April, the MoD announced it would supply Ukraine tens of thousands of drones, including long-range strike devices, in its biggest ever package.
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Meanwhile, a Russian attack on Kyiv sparked fires throughout the Ukrainian capital and injured six people.
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BBC NewsSix people have been injured at a market in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, as the country was hit by a series of Russian strikes.
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A book market in the city's Pochayna district was damaged in the strikes. Burnt books could be seen lying on the ground, while firefighters continue to douse the flames.
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01 BBC News "In doing so, the United Kingdom is acting as an accomplice and co-perpetrator of the bloody crimes and terrorist attacks," the Russian Embassy to the UK wrote in a statement.
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02 New York Times How Ukraine’s Satellites Help Drive Its War Drones Here’s how speedy access to satellite imagery is bolstering Ukraine.
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03 PBS NewsHour Ukraine's state energy company says its facilities seriously damaged after 13 Russian strikes in a week Ukraine is developing its own ballistic missile and collaborating with Europe on anti-ballistic defenses.
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04 Breitbart The Nyan cited in the Times report is a compound delta-winged, jet-powered, carbon-fibre drone — also known as a “One-Way Effector (OWE) Uncrewed Air System (UAS)” — designed to do the job of a cruise missile at a fraction of the cost. Crucially for the Ukraine conflict, the design has some ‘stealth’ properties, it has backup navigation systems to find its target in areas where heavy radio jamming means guidance systems like GPS can’t be guaranteed, and it can be mass produced quickly to a price.
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05 NPR News Russian strike kills 3 in Ukraine A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih killed two people and wounded 14 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media Sunday. He also said that one more person had been killed in the city of Sumy.
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