🇺🇦 downed 31 of 31 #Shahed drones, and 12 of 12 Kh-101/555 missiles
🇷🇺 lost over 1,100 personnel
🇷🇺 commits another #WarCrime, bombed Central Park and 'Epicenter', a busy civilian shopping mall in #Kharkiv. So far, 12 people were reported killed and 43 injured
The cooperation between #Russia and #Iran has been significantly strengthened with the war in #ukraine Iran has supplied Russia with Shahed drones and also the technology to build its own drones.
#Ukraine said on Wednesday it was producing the same number of deep strike drones as #Russia, claiming to have reached parity on a key type of weapon that #Moscow has used for long-range attacks for much of its invasion.
"In 2024, Ukraine caught up with Russia in terms of the production number of kamikaze drones similar to the #Shahed-131 and Shahed-136," said Herman #Smetanin, head of Ukraine's state arms manufacturer.
🇺🇦 shot down 13 #Shahed drones and 4 S-300 missiles.
🇷🇺 continues to suffer very high daily losses (1,260 personnel since yesterday) as it slowly occupies small settlements in west #Donetsk oblast: 🇷🇺 advanced 1km south of #Ocheretyne and 300m along the M4/E50 road.
🇱🇻 begins building new defensive lines along the #Latvia-Russia border, including anti-tank ditches.
🇺🇦 continues to destroy 🇷🇺 equipment in #Krynky and made small gains east of Kozachi Laheri.
#Drones have reshaped the battlefield in #Ukraine and in the Middle East. #Drone technology has many iterations from #Iran ’s #Shahed and #Turkey ’s #Bayraktar to the homemade war drone. We look into the history, the geopolitics, and the prospect of teaming drones up with #AI in this week's #TheGlobalJigsaw - recommended listen:
The boss lady on a #Caturday morning, after celebrating #TheGlobalJigsaw 's New York Festivals award... yet despite the jolly distraction, she subbed and updated our latest episode on #drones - including #Iran attacking #Israel , a deep dive into the #UkraineWar and drone use in the #Sahel , plus a bit of #Drone history from the Queen bee on and #Shahed and #Bayraktar production - tune in, #CatsOfMastodon, you'll like it:
Last night #Russia launched 36 drones and missiles, #Ukraine managed to destroy 29 of those.
2 x Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles
14 x #Shahed drones
11 x Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles
2 x Kh-22 cruise missiles
For the first time in a collaboration with the GUR, the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed a long-range strategic bomber Tu-22M3 which is used to launch the Kh-22 cruise missiles.
Look: British and American fighter jets are now shooting down Iranian #drones (#Shahed) over #Israel, #Syria and #Jordan. And yet they are not in a direct war with #Iran.
Why can't we shoot down exactly the same Shahed drones over #Ukraine, just like that - without a state of war?!
Wow, #Ukraine#UAV attack on / near the #Shahed factory in Yelabuga SEZ, ~1200 km from the border used what looks like full size light aircraft… that's a lot to sneak through A/D from a war zone (not clear but from other videos it seems like there were several)