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India Today
a day ago
- Politics
- India Today
Russia fires 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine in biggest attack since start of war
Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically russian invaders launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine, using 60 missiles and 477 strike air defenders destroyed 475 aerial targets:- 211 Shahed-type and other UAVs were shot down, 225 were suppressed via EW- 1 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) June 29, 2025advertisementYuriy Ihnat, head of communications for Ukraine's air force, told the Associated Press that the overnight onslaught was 'the most massive air strike' on the country, taking into account both drones and various types of missiles. The attack targeted regions across Ukraine, including western Ukraine, far from the frontline. Poland and allied countries scrambled aircraft to ensure the safety of Polish airspace, the Polish air force said regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said one person died in a drone strike. Six people were wounded in Cherkasy, including a child, according to regional Gov. Ihor fresh attacks follow Russian President Vladimir Putin's saying Friday that Moscow is ready for a fresh round of direct peace talks in Istanbul. However, the war shows no signs of abating as US-led international peace efforts have so far produced no breakthrough. Two recent rounds of talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul were brief and yielded no progress on reaching a drone strikes have been a hallmark of the war, now in its fourth year. The race by both sides to develop increasingly sophisticated and deadlier drones has turned the conflict into a testing ground for new weaponry.- EndsTune InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Russia#Ukraine
Shafaq News
a day ago
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Ukraine targets Russian Su-34 jets in rare long-range strike
Shafaq News – Kyiv/ Moscow Ukraine struck four Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers at Marinovka airbase in southwestern Russia over the weekend, in one of Kyiv's deepest reported air attacks since the start of the war. The airbase, located near Volgograd and roughly 900 kilometers from Ukrainian-held territory, was targeted in a long-range operation confirmed by Ukraine's armed forces. Kyiv did not specify the weapon system used. Ukraine's air force also reported it intercepted 359 out of 363 drones and six of eight missiles launched during an overnight Russian barrage, underscoring the continuing intensity of aerial combat between the two sides. Military officials in Kyiv claimed Russia has lost over 100,000 personnel since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022, alongside 11,000 tanks and more than 42,500 drones. "Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."Lou HoltzThe combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to June 28, 2025. — Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) June 28, 2025 Meanwhile, Russia's state-run TASS news agency announced that Russian forces had captured the village of Nova Kruhlyakivka in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region. The report has not been independently verified. A separate Russian strike damaged a major power facility in Ukraine's southern Kherson province, triggering blackouts across several towns, according to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin. Russia's Western Group of Forces also announced that its troops had eliminated more than 210 Ukrainian soldiers in recent operations. The unit's press chief, Ivan Bigma, said air defense systems shot down 14 Ukrainian drones and destroyed multiple armored vehicles. Officials in Russia's Kursk region, near the Ukrainian border, said a Ukrainian drone attack injured a Chinese war correspondent from Phoenix TV, a state-run broadcaster. Russian authorities urged the United Nations to respond, calling the incident a threat to international media.
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business Insider
Unjammable fiber-optic drones are taking over and turning Ukrainian forests into spiderwebs of wires, video shows
A new video shows how prolific jamming-resistant fiber-optic drones are becoming on the battlefields in Ukraine. There are wires scattered all over the place. On Friday, Ukraine's defense ministry shared a video from the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of Serebryansky Forest covered in webs of fiber optic cables. "Just imagine how many drones are flying here," it wrote. This is what the Serebryansky Forest looks like now — completely covered in optical fiber from drones. Just imagine how many of such drones are flying here. 📹: 63rd Mechanized Brigade — Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) June 27, 2025 Fiber-optic drones, which are connected to operators via a long, thin fiber-optic cable, can't be jammed by electronic warfare tactics designed to disrupt the signal connection the way drones that rely on radio frequencies can. In the video footage Ukraine's defense ministry shared, clumps of wires can be seen spread across the treetops. The lines are reflective, and at some points in the video, the sunlight flashes off of them, showing webs throughout the forest. Some areas of the forest are packed with tons of wire, suggesting many fiber-optic drones have followed those paths, while others are scattered about. It's immediately clear from the video that there has been significant fiber-optic drone activity in the area. Serebryansky Forest is a large nature preserve in Luhansk Oblast. It is located to the southeast of Kharkiv and just north of Bakhmut. There have been other videos like this one, as well as photos of cabling stretching across battlefields. This new video highlights the expanding use of fiber-optic drones on both sides of the war. Last year, Russia first introduced these hardwired systems as a countermeasure to persistent electronic warfare on the battlefield, which Russia and Ukraine are using to jam drones and prevent operators from communicating with them. Electronic warfare has had a serious impact on regular drones, negatively impacting strike and surveillance missions and forcing combat innovations. Ukraine then began using them as well. At the time, it was unclear if fiber-optic drones were just a temporary fix that would be countered until something better, like AI-enabled drones, came along or if they'd serve as a potential long-term solution. These drones, which have clearly become more prolific, are useful for short-distance operations, typically over more open terrain. In forested areas, they can more easily get hung up in the trees. Earlier this year, a Ukrainian special drone unit told Business Insider that it hadn't seen widespread adoption of fiber-optic drones in fighting just yet, but in recent months, these drone systems have had an increased presence on the battlefield. Due to the constant threat posed by these unjammable drones, Ukraine has implemented countermeasures like shotguns as a kinetic answer, shooting the drones when they get close to personnel. The shotgun is the best defensive option right now. While countermeasures are in the works, Ukraine is also continuing to develop and use its own fiber-optic drones. The country's larger drone industry has boomed since the war began three years ago, with many drone developers working closely with Kyiv's military on adaptations and new hardware and software.
