HESA Shahed 136

Over 2,500 of these drones have been created from July 2023 to July 2024 – The drone has been deployed against military and civilian targets in Ukraine, sources say

Russia began producing a new long-range attack drone, the Garpiya-A1, last year, using Chinese engines and components, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents seen by Reuters.

Kiev said yesterday that Russian forces launched nearly three dozen Iranian-designed attack drones at Ukraine overnight, and fired guided missiles at its second largest city of Kharkiv in the east.

The aerial attack is the latest overnight barrage by Russian forces and comes after Ukraine's foreign minister said his country's priority was to gain control of Ukrainian airspace.

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Those drones, let's recall, are used by Russia in attacks on Ukrainian territories.
In a 47-page document submitted by the Ukrainian government to the G7 governments in August, Kyiv claims that in the previous three months there have been more than 600 attacks by Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) containing Western technology, London's Guardian reports.

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Russian drones damaged port infrastructure in Odesa and targeted capital Kiev from several directions, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.

The army said it repelled Iraninan-made Shahed-136 drones launched from the Sea of Azov through the Black Sea that were aimed at the Odesa region.

Day 516 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Russian forces first launched several waves of attack drones at the southern part of Ukraine, and then fired six Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea at Odesa, the Southern Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced, as Unian reports.