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Shaheds, Lancets, fiber-optic FPVs and the counter-drone scramble — Russia’s drone war, tracked.

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Vermeer Bets American Strike Drones Are Useless Without a GPS Replacement

New York startup Vermeer sells a $20,000 camera-and-AI kit that lets strike drones navigate without GPS, combat-tested in Ukraine against Russian jamming.

Haye KestelooMay 29

Russia

Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Block in Galați, First Injuries on NATO Soil as Bucharest Weighs Article 4

A Russian Geran-2 attack drone crashed into the roof of a 10-storey apartment block in Galați, Romania, overnight on 28-29 May, detonating its full warhead on impact and starting a fire that injured two residents. It is the first time in nearly four years of repeated airspace breaches that a Russian drone has hurt anyone…

Haye KestelooMay 29

Russia

Tymur Fatkullin Hunts Russian Shaheds In A Six-Ton Skydiving Plane, And The New Yorker Just Profiled Him

Ukrainian aerobatics champion Tymur Fatkullin hunts Russian Shahed drones at night from a six-ton An-28 skydiving plane, now profiled by The New Yorker.

Haye KestelooMay 28

Ukraine

Kalashnikov’s SKAT-220 and Its 99 MPH Speed Claim

Kalashnikov rolled out a new drone this week and wrapped a familiar Russian word around it: record. The SKAT-220 is a lighter, faster spin on the company’s SKAT-350M, and Kalashnikov says it tops out around 99 mph (160 km/h), which it calls unmatched in its class. The pitch is all agriculture and power lines. The…

Rafael SuárezMay 28

Russia

Russia’s Geran-4 Jet Drone Was Built To Beat Ukraine’s $2,000 Interceptors, GUR Says

Russia has started flying a new jet-powered attack drone, the Geran-4, and Ukrainian intelligence says the reason is blunt: the cheap interceptor drones Kyiv has been throwing at Russian Shaheds got good enough to force a redesign. Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) published a full technical teardown of the aircraft on May 25, 2026,…

Haye KestelooMay 26

Ukraine

Pentagon’s $500 Million Counter-Drone Deal Turns Ukraine’s Cheap-Interceptor Math Into U.S. Doctrine

The Pentagon has awarded Perennial Autonomy a three-year contract worth up to $500 million for drone-killing interceptors, the largest single counter-unmanned-aircraft deal the U.S. military has signed. Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Defense Department organization that tests and buys counter-drone gear, announced the award on May 18. It covers three platforms already in the…

Haye KestelooMay 26

Ukraine

Ukraine’s 5th Assault Brigade Trades $2,000 Sting Drones For $50,000 Russian Shaheds On Camera

Ukraine's 5th Assault Brigade trades $2,000 Sting interceptors for $50,000 Russian Shaheds in a new Radio Free Europe report. The cost math is breaking Patriot.

Haye KestelooMay 21

Ukraine

Russian Drones Attack CNN Crew 14 Times On Ukraine’s ‘Road Of Life’

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh survived 14 Russian drone attacks on a five-hour walk along Ukraine's 'Road of Life,' validating DroneXL's Donbas kill zone reporting.

Haye KestelooMay 20

Russia

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