air defense

Russia strikes Kyiv hours after Zelensky’s attack warning

Hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was getting ready for a "massive attack," explosions went off across Kyiv early on Oct. 7, as Moscow launched a missile and drone attack on the capital. The barrage fell on Russian…

NATO scrambles jets after mystery object detected near Romania-Ukraine border

Two Spanish F-18 fighter jets were scrambled in the early hours of Tuesday, September 29, after Romania's military radar detected an unidentified aerial target near the country's border with Ukraine, as Russian forces unleashed a barrage of 152 drones and…

Russia and Ukraine trade massive overnight drone strikes, killing at least 6

Russia and Ukraine exchanged large-scale drone barrages overnight on September 6-7, killing at least six people across Russian-controlled territory and setting a Ukrainian shopping center ablaze in one of the war's latest rounds of long-range aerial attacks.

Russia hits 9 Ukrainian cities in massive overnight barrage

Russia bombarded cities across Ukraine with missiles and drones in a large-scale assault that began after nightfall Wednesday and continued into daylight hours Thursday, with explosions echoing around the capital Kyiv through the morning.

Russia hits Kyiv with 27 ballistic missiles; only one intercepted, Zelenskyy says

Russian forces struck Ukraine with 27 ballistic missiles overnight on Friday into Saturday, of which only one was intercepted, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, blaming a critical shortage of Patriot interceptors and urging Western allies to deliver air defense capabilities immediately.

Ukraine downs 127 drones in massive overnight barrage

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 157 attack drones and two Kh-59/69 guided air-to-surface missiles on the night of July 24–25, killing at least two people in the northern city of Sumy and damaging civilian infrastructure across multiple regions, Ukraine's Air…

Low-cost interceptors dominate Farnborough as air defense demand surges

The Farnborough International Airshow opened Monday in Hampshire, England, with defense technology and weapons systems commanding an outsized share of attention as militaries around the world scramble for affordable answers to the drone and missile threats reshaping modern warfare.

Ukraine failed to intercept any ballistic missiles in deadly Kyiv attack

Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Monday, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more in the second large-scale bombardment of the Ukrainian capital in less than a week. The…