Drones

February 12, 2025 3:53 PM

Ukrainian drones hit city near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russian-installed official says

Ukrainian forces launched a drone attack on Wednesday on the city of Enerhodar near the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the Moscow-installed regional governor said. The plant's management said no safety violations were recorded. "The radiation background at the site and in the observation area is normal," it said on the Telegram messaging app. The drones hit a car park roughly 300 metres (yards) from one of the plant's reactors, Governor Yevgeny Balitsky wro...

How 1,000 days of conflict fuelled robot wars between Russia and Ukraine

When Yuriy Shelmuk co-founded a company last year making drone signal jammers, he said there was little interest in the devices. It now produces 2,500 a month and has a six-week waiting list. Demand shifted after the failure of a major Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 that was meant to put invading Russian forces on the back foot. Kyiv cited Russia's extensive use of unmanned aerial vehicles to spot and strike targets, as well as vast numbers of landmines and troops. "Conce...