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Ukraine has scored two confirmed kills against the high value A-50U “Mainstay” airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft and may have damaged more in a recent drone raid.

Known in Ukraine as “the father of drones,” Oleksandr Chendekov tells NV about the fusion of Russian resources and Chinese manufacturing in equipping Russia’s military with modern UAVs, and how Ukraine could counter them.

The country is stepping up its strikes on enemy bases, and on Crimea | The Economist explains

The Come Back Alive Foundation has shown that one of the components of the Black Box project for Ukrainian military intelligence, for which Ukrainians raised over UAH 230 million (about US$6.3 million) in 2022, is a Ukrainian long-range barrage projectile.

A long-range weapon developed by Ukraine has successfully hit a target in Russia from a distance of 700 kilometers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post on Aug. 31.

Since the beginning of the year, drones have attacked the territory of Russia and temporarily occupied Crimea more than 190 times. Strikes on the night of 29-30 August in six regions of the Russian Federation became the largest in 2023.

A few hours after Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck the proud towers of the Moscow City business centre, a Muscovite friend received a cold call from her insurance company. Would she like to upgrade her home insurance to include drone attacks, a chirpy salesman asked. Another couple of friends, out for a walk in the woods

After several drone strikes on central Moscow, Ukraine now clearly has the ability to penetrate Russian air defense with long-range UAVs, The Wall Street Journal wrote in an article on Aug. 2.

Drone strikes have hit Moscow again, but as Ukrainian developers hit their stride the next wave of attacks will involve new type of bigger and more numerous drones.

A FEARFUL Vladimir Putin is under attack from Ukrainian air and sea drone strikes that are bringing the war achingly close to his doorstep.In the so-c