Drones

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has added Shenzhen-based DJI Technology, the world’s largest manufacturer of consumer drones, to a blacklist of Chinese companies that Washington deems to be connected to Beijing’s military, along with a dozen other hi-tech firms. The DoD added the drone firm and a dozen other hi-tech firms to its blacklist…

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KYIV — One person was injured in an attack with Iranian-made drones in the town of Bila Tserkva southwest of Kyiv, the region’s governor said Wednesday. “During the night, the enemy carried out strikes with Shahed-136 type kamikaze drones against Bila Tserkva,” governor Oleksiy Kuleba said on social media. Kuleba…

Footage on social media showed fires ripping through buildings after Russia struck south of Kyiv with Iranian-made drones, according to Ukrainian officials.Updated Oct. 5, 2022 3:10 pm ET BILA TSERKVA, Ukraine—Russia used suicide drones to strike a military base deep inside Ukraine on Wednesday, posing a growing challenge for Kyiv…

A global proliferation of drones used for nefarious purposes has caught the attention of the highest ranks in the Biden administration. Last week the White House condemned the drone and missile attack launched by Iran against Iraq’s Kurdistan region. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Iran should not be deflecting…

The search for one of the Moors Murders victims is due to continue for the ‘foreseeable’ future, police say. Hopes have been raised that Keith Bennett’s may be found at last, but no human remains have yet been identified, police say. That is despite the reported discovery of a skull…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked the Ukrainian president’s hometown and other targets Sunday with suicide drones, and Ukraine took back full control of a strategic eastern city in a counteroffensive that has reshaped the war. Russia’s loss of the eastern city of Lyman, which it had been using as…

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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of his war. Ukraine’s president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance. Putin’s land-grab and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s signing of what he said is an…