Drones

MOSCOW: Russian forces downed two combat drones headed for Moscow, the city’s mayor said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital. “Two combat drones’ attempt to fly into the city was recorded. Both were shot down by air defense,“ Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said…

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PUBLISHED : 6 Aug 2023 at 17:42 Firefighters work inside the burnt building of the University of Economics and Trade, which was reportedly hit by shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on Sunday. (Reuters photo) Russia launched a multi-wave overnight attack on Ukraine, using 70…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow promised retaliation Saturday after Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday, the second sea attack involving drones in one day. Ukraine struck a major Russian port earlier on Friday. Moscow strongly condemned what it sees as a Ukrainian…

Ukraine has destroyed a number of Russian military vehicles, including two tanks and a 'wasp' surface-to-air missile launcher, over the past few days using so-called suicide drones, according to the country's military. The claim was made by the official Facebook account of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of…

DUBAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Iran has equipped its Revolutionary Guards' navy with drones and 1,000-km (600-mile) range missiles, Iranian news agencies reported on Saturday, as the U.S. offers to put guards on commercial ships going through the Gulf's Strait of Hormuz. Referring to the possible presence of U.S. guards,…

Russia on Friday said Ukraine targeted the key port of Novorossiysk with drones. File Photo by Arthur Vanzetti/Wikimedia Commons Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The Kremlin blamed Ukraine on Friday for air and drone attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk. The Russian Ministry of Defense said two drones attacked Novorossiysk,…

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Published August 4, 2023 at 6:02 PM KYIV – A Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, two sources said on Friday. Russia’s Defence Ministry had said an attack by two Ukrainian sea drones was repelled in…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said its sea drones struck a major Russian port Friday and damaged a warship in an attack that underlined Kyiv’s growing naval capabilities as the Black Sea becomes an increasingly important battleground in the war. The strike on Novorossiysk halted maritime traffic for a few…