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The Irish Sun
21-07-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Horror warning as Putin plans to launch apocalyptic wave of TWO THOUSAND killer drones at Ukraine in overwhelming blitz
TWISTED Vladimir Putin is planning to launch an apocalyptic wave of 2,000 drones at Ukraine all at once, warns a top European general. Footage shows Russia Advertisement 8 Russia is reportedly mass producing thousands of deadly drones ahead of a looming blitz on Ukraine Credit: X 8 Vladimir Putin's 'death drone factory' is production Shahed weapons at an alarming rate Credit: X 8 The deadly Shahed drones have caused years of pain for Ukraine during the conflict with Putin constantly deploying them in civilian areas such as the Kirovohrad region Credit: X/ZelenskyyUa German Major General Christian Freuding says his team has uncovered worrying intelligence which points towards Putin's next attack plan. The tyrant has ramped up his nightly offensives in recent weeks with constant bombardments on Ukrainian civilians. The attacks come amid pressure from the US and Europe for Russia to agree to a ceasefire to finally end the conflict. US President Donald Trump even imposed a Advertisement read more in Ukraine war But the constant warnings have done little to stop Putin. Freuding now believes that Russia is significantly expanding its weapons production capacity to help enable a mass drone deployment in the coming months. He claims that Moscow plans to launch 2,000 Shahed drones simultaneously. The Iranian made unmanned aircraft has been a key weapon in Moscow's arsenal during the three years of conflict. Advertisement Most read in The US Sun Exclusive Warped Russian state TV has shown off mad Vlad's "drone death factory" packed out with the kamikaze killers. The channel boasted about the "scale of this production" at the plant as they showed off "huge, bright workshops in which you can get lost" in. Putin blitzes Ukrainian shopping centre with half-ton glide bomb killing two They claim that "hundreds of machines, thousands of workers" are in the factory each day. These include teenagers who have been recruited to support Putin's war after being "educated" - or indoctrinated - at a special drone university. Advertisement Along with his catastrophic warning, Freuding also stressed that Ukraine needs to develop "smart countermeasures" to stop any looming attacks. He believes Kyiv needs to deploy low-cost defensive drones to repel large-scale blitzes. This way they can produce thousands of unmanned weapons instead of relying on a high-cost system such as the Patriot. The missile defence system costs around $5million and despite being highly accurate it is likely to be overwhelmed by the surging waves of drones. Advertisement Freuding added that Ukraine could also launch strikes deep inside Russian territory which target military aircraft, airfields and defence factories to put Moscow on the back foot. Russia's aerial threats have been a key fear for Ukraine and their allies in recent weeks. 8 Russian state media claims that 'hundreds of machines, thousands of workers' are in the factory each day Credit: X 8 Putin has been using his Ram 1500 trucks to transport the drones across the country Credit: X Advertisement 8 Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a gas station in the Nemyshlyan district targeted and hit by the Russian shahed drones in Kharkiv Credit: Getty At the start of July, experts warned Russia could soon hammer Ukraine with Russia's defence industry is expanding their projects rapidly to increase their supply lines - including at the "death drone factory". Advertisement On June 1, a 479-strong wave of drones and missiles became June 9 saw that broken with 499, then again on June 29 with 537. At the start of the month, Putin terrorised Kyiv with a Ukraine has valiantly hit back across the past week with them launching Advertisement Trump's 50-day peace deadline for Vlad THE Kremlin mocked Donald Trump's 50-day peace deadline and may now demand even more Ukrainian territory instead of trying to sign peace. Vladimir Putin will instead keep terrorising Ukrainian civilians during the seven-week period, sources said. The furious US President said he is 'very unhappy' with Russia as he warned of 100 per cent secondary tariffs on Moscow should they continue to blitz Ukraine. Trump said he wants the war to end, but doubled down on his frustration with Putin, saying he's "disappointed" in the Russian leader. But a snarling Putin has always declined and instead ramped up his ground and aerial offensives across Ukraine. He also vowed to send US weapons - compromising of "everything" in their arsenal - to Nato so they can distribute them to Kyiv. 8 The wreckage of Shahed drone shot down in Ukraine Credit: X 8 A 9-story residential building in the Dniprovskyi district damaged by a Russian drone strike earlier this year Credit: Getty
Scottish Sun
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
Horror warning as Putin plans to launch apocalyptic wave of TWO THOUSAND killer drones at Ukraine in overwhelming blitz
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TWISTED Vladimir Putin is planning to launch an apocalyptic wave of 2,000 drones at Ukraine all at once, warns a top European general. Footage shows Russia mass producing the deadly weapons with Moscow reportedly looking to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences with the incoming blitz. 8 Russia is reportedly mass producing thousands of deadly drones ahead of a looming blitz on Ukraine Credit: X 8 Vladimir Putin's 'death drone factory' is production Shahed weapons at an alarming rate Credit: X 8 The deadly Shahed drones have caused years of pain for Ukraine during the conflict with Putin constantly deploying them in civilian areas such as the Kirovohrad region Credit: X/ZelenskyyUa German Major General Christian Freuding says his team has uncovered worrying intelligence which points towards Putin's next attack plan. The tyrant has ramped up his nightly offensives in recent weeks with constant bombardments on Ukrainian civilians. The attacks come amid pressure from the US and Europe for Russia to agree to a ceasefire to finally end the conflict. US President Donald Trump even imposed a 50-day peace deadline on Putin this month. But the constant warnings have done little to stop Putin. Freuding now believes that Russia is significantly expanding its weapons production capacity to help enable a mass drone deployment in the coming months. He claims that Moscow plans to launch 2,000 Shahed drones simultaneously. The Iranian made unmanned aircraft has been a key weapon in Moscow's arsenal during the three years of conflict. Warped Russian state TV has shown off mad Vlad's "drone death factory" packed out with the kamikaze killers. The channel boasted about the "scale of this production" at the plant as they showed off "huge, bright workshops in which you can get lost" in. Putin blitzes Ukrainian shopping centre with half-ton glide bomb killing two They claim that "hundreds of machines, thousands of workers" are in the factory each day. These include teenagers who have been recruited to support Putin's war after being "educated" - or indoctrinated - at a special drone university. Along with his catastrophic warning, Freuding also stressed that Ukraine needs to develop "smart countermeasures" to stop any looming attacks. He believes Kyiv needs to deploy low-cost defensive drones to repel large-scale blitzes. This way they can produce thousands of unmanned weapons instead of relying on a high-cost system such as the Patriot. The missile defence system costs around $5million and despite being highly accurate it is likely to be overwhelmed by the surging waves of drones. Freuding added that Ukraine could also launch strikes deep inside Russian territory which target military aircraft, airfields and defence factories to put Moscow on the back foot. Russia's aerial threats have been a key fear for Ukraine and their allies in recent weeks. 8 Russian state media claims that 'hundreds of machines, thousands of workers' are in the factory each day Credit: X 8 Putin has been using his Ram 1500 trucks to transport the drones across the country Credit: X 8 Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a gas station in the Nemyshlyan district targeted and hit by the Russian shahed drones in Kharkiv Credit: Getty At the start of July, experts warned Russia could soon hammer Ukraine with 1,000 drones and missiles every day. Russia's defence industry is expanding their projects rapidly to increase their supply lines - including at the "death drone factory". Moscow's firepower capacity has constantly increased this year with his forces regularly breaking the record for the largest daily volley of weapons. On June 1, a 479-strong wave of drones and missiles became Russia's largest unmanned aerial assault of the war. June 9 saw that broken with 499, then again on June 29 with 537. At the start of the month, Putin terrorised Kyiv with a firestorm of 550 drones and missiles - marking his largest attack yet. Ukraine has valiantly hit back across the past week with them launching five straight days of drone attacks on Moscow. Trump's 50-day peace deadline for Vlad THE Kremlin mocked Donald Trump's 50-day peace deadline and may now demand even more Ukrainian territory instead of trying to sign peace. Vladimir Putin will instead keep terrorising Ukrainian civilians during the seven-week period, sources said. The furious US President said he is 'very unhappy' with Russia as he warned of 100 per cent secondary tariffs on Moscow should they continue to blitz Ukraine. Trump said he wants the war to end, but doubled down on his frustration with Putin, saying he's "disappointed" in the Russian leader. But a snarling Putin has always declined and instead ramped up his ground and aerial offensives across Ukraine. He also vowed to send US weapons - compromising of "everything" in their arsenal - to Nato so they can distribute them to Kyiv. Read more here. 8 The wreckage of Shahed drone shot down in Ukraine Credit: X
Canada News.Net
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Canada News.Net
Ukraine doing everything to ensure June summits are not hollow: Zelenskyy
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 9 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 'language of force' against Russia must become the working one across all formats of international engagement in the coming months, referring to the upcoming G7 Summit (from June 15 to 17) in Canada and the NATO Summit in the Netherlands running from June 24-26. 'In the coming weeks, important meetings and negotiations will take place in Ukraine, and we are doing everything to ensure that the June summits--the G7 Summit in Canada and the NATO Summit in the Netherlands--are not hollow,' he said. 'Russia only truly understands one language -- the language of force. That is precisely the language that must become the working one across all formats of international engagement in the coming months,' he added. Further, he said that Ukraine is working to secure the release of its prisoners of war and the return of fallen warriors. However, Russia has not provided full lists for exchanging over 1,000 people as agreed upon in Istanbul. 'Ukraine continues to do everything possible to secure the release of our POWs and the return of our fallen warriors. The full lists from Russia for the exchange of over one thousand people, as agreed in Istanbul, have still not been provided,' he said. Zelenskyy criticised Russia for turning prisoner exchange negotiations into a 'dirty political and information game'. 'In typical fashion, the Russian side is once again trying to turn even these matters into a dirty political and information game. For our part, we are doing everything we can to keep the exchange track moving forward,' he said. Recently, a planned exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine did not happen on Saturday due to disagreements between the two sides, CNN reported. Russia claimed that Ukraine postponed the exchange at the last minute, while Ukraine denied this, saying that a date for the exchange of prisoners and bodies of dead soldiers had not been finalised. Ukraine described Russia's claims about the failed exchange as 'dirty games.' According to Russia, over 1,200 frozen Ukrainian bodies were left waiting in refrigerated trucks at an exchange point. However, Ukraine stated that the two sides had agreed to exchange seriously wounded and young troops, but a specific date had not been set for the repatriation of soldiers' bodies, as per CNN. Despite the failed exchange, Russia and Ukraine agreed to hold another prisoner swap this weekend during peace talks in Istanbul. (ANI)
Canada Standard
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Canada Standard
Ukraine doing everything to ensure June summits are not hollow: Zelenskyy
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 9 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 'language of force' against Russia must become the working one across all formats of international engagement in the coming months, referring to the upcoming G7 Summit (from June 15 to 17) in Canada and the NATO Summit in the Netherlands running from June 24-26. 'In the coming weeks, important meetings and negotiations will take place in Ukraine, and we are doing everything to ensure that the June summits--the G7 Summit in Canada and the NATO Summit in the Netherlands--are not hollow,' he said. 'Russia only truly understands one language -- the language of force. That is precisely the language that must become the working one across all formats of international engagement in the coming months,' he added. Further, he said that Ukraine is working to secure the release of its prisoners of war and the return of fallen warriors. However, Russia has not provided full lists for exchanging over 1,000 people as agreed upon in Istanbul. 'Ukraine continues to do everything possible to secure the release of our POWs and the return of our fallen warriors. The full lists from Russia for the exchange of over one thousand people, as agreed in Istanbul, have still not been provided,' he said. Zelenskyy criticised Russia for turning prisoner exchange negotiations into a 'dirty political and information game'. 'In typical fashion, the Russian side is once again trying to turn even these matters into a dirty political and information game. For our part, we are doing everything we can to keep the exchange track moving forward,' he said. Recently, a planned exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine did not happen on Saturday due to disagreements between the two sides, CNN reported. Russia claimed that Ukraine postponed the exchange at the last minute, while Ukraine denied this, saying that a date for the exchange of prisoners and bodies of dead soldiers had not been finalised. Ukraine described Russia's claims about the failed exchange as 'dirty games.' According to Russia, over 1,200 frozen Ukrainian bodies were left waiting in refrigerated trucks at an exchange point. However, Ukraine stated that the two sides had agreed to exchange seriously wounded and young troops, but a specific date had not been set for the repatriation of soldiers' bodies, as per CNN. Despite the failed exchange, Russia and Ukraine agreed to hold another prisoner swap this weekend during peace talks in Istanbul. (ANI)
Time of India
01-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
'Our most long-range operation': Ukrainian President Zelenskyy hails ‘brilliant' drone strikes on Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday praised the drone strike deep inside Russia, calling it a 'brilliant result' and an important moment in the war. The operation, over a year and a half in the making, targeted several Russian military airfields, destroying more than 40 aircraft, including bombers and surveillance planes. It marked what Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) called the most extensive strike yet on Russian soil, carried out entirely by Ukrainian forces. 'An absolutely brilliant result. A result achieved solely by Ukraine.' Zelenskyy posted on social media platform X. — ZelenskyyUa (@ZelenskyyUa) 'Our most long-range operation,' he said, adding 'Our people involved in preparing the operation were withdrawn from Russian territory in time.' Thanking General Vasyl Maliuk, the head of Ukraine's Security Service, Zelenskyy said the success would be remembered as a defining chapter in the war, 'these are Ukrainian actions that will undoubtedly be in history books.' The mission, called Operation Spider Web, reportedly destroyed 41 Russian planes, including strategic Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-22M bombers, aircraft frequently used by Moscow to launch missile attacks on Ukraine. Also hit was the A-50, a critical airborne early warning system used to coordinate missile strikes. According to a senior Ukrainian military official speaking to the AP, the operation was 'extremely complex'. Ukraine's Security Service said the operation caused an estimated $7 billion in damage and destroyed 34% of Russia's fleet of air missile carriers. However, these claims have not been independently verified. Zelenskyy also said that 117 drones were deployed in the massive attack. "A total of 117 drones were used in the operation. And a corresponding number of drone operators worked," Zelensky said in a statement, quoted by AFP. The Russian defence ministry confirmed attacks on bases in Irkutsk and Murmansk, more than 4,000 km from Ukraine, and said other strikes had been repelled in Amur, Ivanovo, and Ryazan. The drone strike came just ahead of a new round of direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Istanbul on Monday. 'Ukraine is defending itself, and rightly so,' Zelenskyy said. 'we are doing everything to make Russia feel the need to end this war. Russia started this war, Russia must end it. Glory to Ukraine!'
