3 people are dead in a missile attack by Russia
The Kremlin Report on Drone Attacks During the Russian-Ukrainian War and Why We Are Here, But We’re Not There
The Ukrainian military said in a post on its Facebook page that “strikes on military infrastructure will continue until the whole of Russia stops attacking us.”
NPR’s Kyiv bureau heard drones buzzing over the neighborhood as well as the blasts from anti-aircraft units and clips of heavy machine guns from Ukraine’s mobile air defense teams firing trying to shoot down the drones.
Zelenskyy said that “Now is the time when America, Europe and everyone in the world can stop this war by putting pressure on Russia.” This is responsibility if someone doesn’t put pressure on to allow the war to take more lives.
The attacks came about after Trump said that Russia and Ukraine needed to fight for a while before making peace.
“Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart,” Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who emphasized support for Ukraine.
Trump told Putin that he would retaliate for the Ukrainian attack when they spoke earlier this week.
There is a recurring theme ofUkraine keeping inventing new ways to wage war with drones, and regularly catches Russia by surprise.
The Ukrainians are the ones who are experimenting with daring and inventive attacks. Kelly Grieco, who studies air war at the Stimson Center in Washington, said the Russians were left scrambling to figure out how to defend against it.
Russia has many more troops than Ukraine and is gaining ground incrementally. The Ukrainian drones play a vital role in limiting the Russian advantage, according to Michael Kofman.
Kofman frequently travels to Ukraine and is always struck by the pace of change in warfare.
Grieco said it is becoming harder to move because drones are looking at the battlefield. “It’s not just being seen, but it’s also very quickly you’re able to act on it. You find lots of people saying, ‘If you move on the battlefield in Ukraine, you’re dead.'”
The Iranians and Russians have a history of collaboration on military items, according to the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. He just wrote a detailed report on the Russia-Iran drone partnership.
The Russians bought an Iranian drone, the Shahed 136. The Iranian model is considered serviceable, but with limitations. It’s propeller driven, relatively loud and slow, and sometimes described as a lawnmower in the sky.
But the main problem was Iran wasn’t making nearly as many as Russia wanted. So Russia paid Iran for the technology, and began making a Russian version domestically, known as the Geran.
“The most groundbreaking, revolutionary thing about the Geran is the mass production capability as well as the capability of striking targets at a long range,” said al-Ghusbi.
Drone Production in the Ukrainian And Russians: Are They Surprising? How Russians are preparing to make their presence known
Ukraine says it made more than 1 million drones last year and plans to build well over 2 million this year. The Russians have not offered numbers, but Ukrainian officials say Russia is catching up quickly and is likely to produce a similar number.