Drones

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that it will reassess cooperation with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres if he sends experts to Ukraine to inspect drones that Western powers say were made in Iran and used by Moscow in violation of a U.N. resolution. Speaking after a…

Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv on Oct. 17.Roman Hrytsyna/The Associated Press The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have complicated Israel’s balancing act between Russia and the West. Israel has stayed largely on the sidelines since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

She and her team flew these drones while they were standing inside the crater to compare faraway atmospheric measurements with those closer to the source. They also used traditional ground-based sampling techniques to collect CO2 directly from the volcano’s gas vents. With their drone data, the researchers found concentrations that…

Authorities use plainclothes officers, digital surveillance and drones to target demonstratorsUpdated Oct. 18, 2022 1:22 pm ET As protests in Iran enter a second month, authorities are using plainclothes security officers, digital surveillance and drones to target the demonstrations that are now characterizing the movement, marking a new phase in…

Loitering munitions—sometimes referred to as "kamikaze" or "suicide" drones due to their function of flying into a target to bomb it—have become a new and terrifying facet of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This week, Russia hit Kyiv with Iranian-made suicide drones in attacks largely seen as revenge for Ukraine's recent…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze, tearing a hole in one of them and sending people scurrying for cover or trying to shoot them down in what the president said was Russia’s attempt to terrorize civilians. The concentrated use of…

Media caption, Watch: People flee Kyiv building after explosion By Paul Adams in Kyiv and Merlyn Thomas in London BBC News Russia has hit Ukraine with a wave of attacks, dive-bombing the capital, Kyiv, with what appear to be Iranian-made "kamikaze" drones. Critical infrastructure was hit in the Kyiv, Dnipro…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze, tearing a hole in one of them and sending people scurrying for cover or trying to shoot them down in what the president said was Russia’s attempt to terrorize civilians. The concentrated use of…

Firefighters help a local woman evacuate from a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Oct. 17.STRINGER/Reuters The United States will hold Russia accountable for “war crimes,” the White House said on Monday, hours after Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones during morning rush hour, killing…

Russian forces used Iranian-made drones to blow up critical infrastructure targets near Kyiv. Video / AP Russian forces attacked Ukraine's Kyiv and Odesa regions with Iranian-made drones and used missiles to strike other areas, Ukrainian officials said as Moscow punished the country for a fourth day after a truck bomb…