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☆ Satellite images show Russia is putting ships in the path of Ukraine's naval drones to protect Putin's prize, but it's likely not enough
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewRussia has placed barges and other defenses around a major bridge connecting it to the occupied Crimean Peninsula, recent satellite images show. The efforts appear to be a bid to protect the structure from Ukraine's vaunted fleet of exploding naval drones. Whether these new defenses are able to effectively prevent Ukraine's naval drones remains to be seen. To help sustain its military presence in Crimea, Russia has been using ferry crossings. Ukraine has made numerous upgrades and improvements to its naval drones since they were used against the bridge last summer.

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☆ Satellite images show Russia's putting ships in the path of Ukraine's naval drones to protect Putin's prize, but it's likely not enough
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewRussia has placed multiple barges and other defenses around a major bridge connecting it to the occupied Crimean peninsula, recently captured satellite images show. The efforts appear to be a bid to protect the structure from Ukraine's vaunted fleet of exploding naval drones. Whether these new defenses are able to effectively prevent Ukraine's naval drones remains to be seen. To help sustain its military presence in Crimea, Russia has been using ferry crossings. Ukraine has made a number of upgrades and improvements to its naval drones since they were used against the bridge last summer.

☆ Russia's war in Ukraine began in Crimea. It could end there, too, defense experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewIf there is one place Ukraine is winning in the war against Russia, it's Crimea, experts say. Ukrainians have since referred to the Black Sea peninsula as "occupied Crimea," and Zelenskyy has continually stated that any peace agreement must see it returned to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine, which lost its traditional naval fleet during the annexation of Crimea, has targeted Russia's Black Sea fleet with great success using sea drones. Ukraine even claimed to have sunk the Black Sea Fleet's flagship, the Moskva. "Crimea allows for power projection over the rest of the Black Sea.

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☆ Russia is attempting to protect a vital bridge and supply line with a set of barges, UK intelligence says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russia is fortifying the Kerch Bridge with barges, says the UK's defense ministry. The barges will help "to defend the bridge and shipping channel" from Ukrainian attacks, per the UK. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRussia is shoring up the defenses for the Kerch Bridge with barges, the UK's defense ministry said on Saturday. "Analysis of imagery has identified the installation of eight barges on the southern side of the Kerch Bridge," the UK's defense ministry wrote in its intelligence dispatch.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Russian, Ukrainian Unmanned, Vehicles, Business Locations: Russia, Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine

☆ Russia again had only one tank in its big Victory Day military parade, and it was a World War II relic
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewRussia often uses its annual Red Square military parade in Moscow as an opportunity to show off its weaponry. This T-34, the legendary Soviet tank from World War II, was the only Russian tank on display at the Victory Day parade in Red Square today. A military parade on Victory Day in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, in May 2022, to mark the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. A RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2024. AdvertisementWhile the Russian tank display was notably lacking, other modern Russian weapons did make an appearance, such as Russia's intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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☆ Video appears to show a Ukrainian unmanned ground drone rolling up to the edge of a Russian trench and dropping explosives
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A new video appears to show a Ukrainian ground drone detonating near a Russian trench. AdvertisementNew footage from Ukraine appears to show Ukrainian forces using an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to strike a Russian trench. A new fleet of UGVsThe Russia-Ukraine war has been marked by the frequent use of aerial drone warfare, but ground drones are a more recent phenomenon. On Wednesday, Ukraine's minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, shared footage on X of one such drone — the Ratel S, a remotely operated ground drone designed to carry bombs and anti-tank mines. Many of the ground drones are being developed by Ukraine's Brave1 , a government platform that brings together innovative companies to boost Ukraine's war effort.

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☆ Ukraine war latest updates: Zelenskyy in Davos to plead Ukraine's case before global elite; Russian city declares state of emergency
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Russian city of Voronezh introduced a state of emergency Tuesday morning after an alleged Ukrainian drone attack injured a 13-year-old girl and damaged apartment buildings. The city's mayor Vadim Kstenin said on Telegram that a "night raid" damaged four residential buildings, breaking dozens of windows. Russia's Ministry of Defense stated on Telegram that five drones (UAVS) were shot down over the Voronezh region overnight. Earlier, the governor of the wider Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev, said Russian air defense systems had "repelled an attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles," or drones. Ukraine increased drone attacks against Russian territory, with the border city Belgorod coming under repeated attack around the New Year, causing Russia to retaliate.

Persons: Vadim Kstenin, Alexander Gusev, Gusev, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Russia's Ministry of Defense, Russian Federation, Ministry, CNBC Locations: Russian, Voronezh, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Belgorod, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drones as fighting grinds on in Ukraine’s east
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A satellite image shows smoke billowing from Russian Black Sea navy headquarters after a missile strike, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept. 22, 2023. Russian air defense shot down over 30 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight Saturday, Russia's Defense Ministry said Sunday. "The air defense systems in place destroyed 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea and the northwestern part of the Crimean peninsula," the ministry wrote on Telegram. Local authorities in the southern Krasnodar region bordering the Black Sea said that a fire broke out at an oil refinery in the early hours of Sunday, but did not specify the cause. In Ukraine, the country's air force said Sunday it had shot down five Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones launched by Russia overnight.

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☆ Ukraine is ramping up its drone attacks on Russian forces, hitting a record 220 targets last week, official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine's "army of drones" is ramping up its attacks on Russian positions, a Ukrainian official said. Mykhailo Fedorov said drones hit a record 220 pieces of Russian military equipment last week. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine's "army of drones" has ramped up its attacks on Russian positions, hitting a record number of Russian tanks, trucks, and artillery last week, a Ukrainian official said. Last week, he posted data claiming that Ukrainian drones hit 205 pieces of Russian military equipment between September 18 and September 25. The Associated Press reported late last month that a 12-person Ukrainian drone squad claimed to have destroyed $80 million of Russian military hardware.

Persons: Mykhailo Fedorov, —, Fedorov Organizations: Service, Ukraine's, Digital Transformation, Drones, Ukraine's Army, Associated Press, AP Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Ukrainian drone video captures inflatable Russian tanks on the battlefield, highlighting the role decoys and deception are playing in the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new video shows a Ukrainian drone spotting a field full of inflatable Russian T-72 tanks. It's not the first time either side has employed decoys to confuse the enemy and waste weapons. Ukraine previously saw deflated Russian rubber tanks in Zaporizhzhia and lured Russian missiles with wooden HIMARS last year. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new aerial video from the war in Ukraine captured by a drone shows what appears to be inflatable decoys of Russian tanks on the battlefield. AdvertisementAdvertisementEven before the war, Moscow prioritized the development of rather uncanny stand-ins — even entire radar stations — that can be inflated and transported quickly on the battlefield, deceiving enemy forces.

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☆ Ukraine's 'army of drones' are bombarding Putin's forces, hitting a record 205 pieces of Russian military equipment last week, official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine's "army of drones" is bombarding Russia on the battlefield, a Ukrainian official said. In the last week, Ukrainian drones hit a record 205 pieces of Russian military equipment. "Russians keep losing their equipment," said Ukraine's minister for digital transformation. "Our soldiers keep moving forward & Russians keep losing their equipment," Federov said in a tweet on Monday. According to data shared by Federov, Ukraine's drone fleet destroyed 64 Russian cannons, 27 tanks, 55 trucks, and 38 armored combat vehicles last week alone.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Mykhailo Federov, Federov Organizations: Service, Digital, Russian, Associated Press, AP Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kyiv

CNN —Three drones were intercepted in “Moscow City” in an attempted attack on Sunday on the business and shopping development in the west of the Russian capital, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said. Russian state news agency TASS reported the attack, attributing it to security sources. Second drone attack in a weekSunday’s drone attack was the second reported in Moscow in the past week. Ukrainian forces carried out drone strikes on July 24, Ukrainian officials confirmed with CNN, adding that security forces were responsible for the strike. Russian officials said it was a “terrorist attack of the Kiev regime.”Ukrainian Minister Mykhailo Fedorov whose Digital Transformation Ministry oversees the country’s “Army of Drones” procurement plan, said there would be more strikes to come.

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☆ Russia's war in Ukraine has apparently come home again, this time with drones striking skyscrapers in the capital
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The attack was reportedly carried out by Kyiv and came after unrelenting Russian attacks on southern Ukraine with drones and missiles increasingly targeting the country's grain infrastructure. Russia's Ministry of Defense said it "foiled" the early Monday morning attack on Moscow, which it blamed it on Ukraine. Photographs of the scene show damage to the roof of an unidentified building, which is located just a few hundred meters from the Russian defense ministry's headquarters in the capital. A view of a building after two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attack in Moscow, Russia on July 24, 2023. Ukraine's defense ministry said on Monday that Russian drones attacked grain infrastructure along the Danube River, injuring several people and destroying food storage facilities.

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☆ Ukraine war live updates: Russia claims it intercepted drones en route to Moscow; Ukraine and allies focus on reconstruction
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A sign prohibiting unmanned aerial vehicles flying over the area on display near the State Historical Museum and the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, on May 3, 2023. Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed Wednesday that it had intercepted three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on their approach toward "objects" in the Moscow region. The drones were shot down with the help of electronic warfare, the ministry said, according to state news agency Tass. "Today, an attempt by the Kiev [Russia's spelling of Kyiv, Ukraine's capital] regime to carry out a terrorist attack on objects in the Moscow region with three aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles was thwarted. All UAVs were suppressed by electronic warfare, as a result of which they lost control and crashed," the ministry said.

Persons: Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Historical Museum, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Tass, Kremlin Locations: Moscow, Russia, Kiev, Kyiv, Ukraine's, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine is losing 10,000 drones a month to Russian electronic-warfare systems that send fake signals and screw with their navigation, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A new report estimates that Ukraine is losing roughly 10,000 drones every month. A sophisticated electronic warfare system is among Russia's biggest strengths, researchers said. Patton Rogers said that while the figures are "likely" overestimated, they underline just how effective Russia's electronic warfare has become at countering Ukraine's extensive use of drones. Sophisticated Russian systems such as the Shipovnik-Aero jamming station are hard to detect and can imitate other signals, the researchers said. But by the summer of 2022 it was clear that Russia's electronic warfare and air defense capabilities had ramped up, as Insider's Alia Shoaib reported.

☆ Russia Says Drone Boats Attack Black Sea Fleet in Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Bojan Pancevski | Ian Lovett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Three Ukrainian unmanned boats attacked a Russian-controlled military port in Crimea and an aerial drone crashed in the Moscow area, Russian authorities said, while Moscow escalated its criticism of a deal that allows for the export of Ukrainian grain. The drone boats attacked the base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, a key military port city on the Crimean Peninsula, said a spokesman for Russia’s Defense Ministry. Local governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said the fleet repelled the attack and no damage was caused.

☆ Russians angry at downing of Ukrainian drone over their homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

People were wounded," said Kireyevsk resident Elena, 35, who like some others declined to give her surname. Russia's Defence Ministry said on Sunday it had electronically disabled a Ukrainian drone, which veered off course and crashed onto Kireyevsk, a town of about 25,000 inhabitants 220 km (140 miles) south of Moscow. The state-run news agency TASS quoted local officials on Sunday as saying three people had been hurt, none seriously. Now we know how it is," said Yuri Ovchinnikov, who was home with his wife at the moment of impact. "I graduated from an aviation academy; my specialisation was aircraft control systems, so I know how it works.

☆ Ukrainian drone shot down deep within Russia kills 3, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Russia said on Monday it had shot down a Ukrainian drone close to one of its air bases for long-range bombers deep inside its own territory and that three Russian air force personnel had been killed in the incident. The drone was allegedly flying near Russia’s Engels air base where long-range strategic bombers that may have been used to target Ukrainian cities and infrastructure are based. An overview of Engels Airbase, which is home to a strategic bomber military base. The same base was attacked earlier this month by Ukrainian drones, Russia said at the time. “A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) was shot down at low altitude while approaching the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region,” the defense ministry statement, published on Monday, said.

Summary Russia says air base targeted by Ukrainian droneSays it shot the drone down, no aircraft damagedSays three servicemen were killed by falling debrisNo immediate comment from UkraineDec 26 (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it had shot down a Ukrainian drone close to one of its air bases for long-range bombers deep inside its own territory and that three Russian air force personnel had been killed in the incident. The drone was allegedly flying near Russia's Engels air base where long-range strategic bombers that may have been used to target Ukrainian cities and infrastructure are based. Unverified Russian and Ukrainian social media accounts reported that a number of planes had been destroyed however. The same base was attacked earlier this month by Ukrainian drones, Russia said at the time. The earlier Dec. 5 strike on the same base, along with another attack the same day on another base, raised questions about the effectiveness of Russian air defences and shocked Russian commentators.

☆ The falling wreckage of a downed Ukrainian drone killed 3 people at a Russian military base, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia said that it shot down a Ukrainian drone near Engels airbase in Russia's Saratov region. Falling debris from the downed drone killed three Russian military personnel, authorities said. The drone, which was shot down near the Engels military airbase in Russia's Saratov region, hit and fatally wounded the staff members, a statement from the Defence Ministry, published by Russian news agencies, said. Although Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the drone, Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat told national television Monday that incidents like this are the "consequences of Russian aggression," ABC News reported. Ukraine has also not taken responsibility for other recent drone attacks on Russian airbases.

☆ Three killed from falling drone wreckage at Russian military base in Saratov -Defence Ministry
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Three military personnel were killed as a result of wreckage from a Ukrainian drone falling on a military base in Russia's Saratov region, Russian agencies reported citing the country's defence ministry. "On December 26, at about 01:35 Moscow time, a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down at low altitude while approaching the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region," the Russian Defence Ministry said. "As a result of the fall of the wreckage of the drone, three Russian servicemen of the technical staff who were at the airfield were fatally wounded." The ministry added that aviation equipment was not damaged. Reporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russian soldiers are surrendering to Ukrainian drones, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Footage shared by Ukraine's MOD appears to show a Russian soldier surrendering to a drone. Both Ukrainian and Russian forces have claimed to have used drones to advise combatants to surrender. Ukraine has claimed other successes in getting Russian soldiers to surrender, most prominently through its "I Want to Live" hotline, which it says has received more than 3,500 calls. Russia's defense ministry also says it is using drones to ask Ukrainians to surrender, state-controlled news agency TASS reported in early November. Russia's primary use of drones in the fall has been aggressive, deploying Iran-made drones to attack Ukrainian forces — and infrastructure — in swarms, as Insider's Michael Peck reported.

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