Ukraine's Air Force has said that as of the end of winter 2026, one in three Russian drones used against Ukraine is being destroyed by interceptor drone crews.

European investors are backing two of the region’s fastest-growing technology start-ups developing low-cost air defence systems to help plug one of Europe’s biggest military capability gaps.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed Russian military equipment, including air defence systems, a radar and a multiple-launch rocket system in occupied territory on the night of 23-24 February.

The 'Low-Cost Effectors and Autonomous Platforms' initiative, known as ⁠LEAP, involves the development of advanced low-cost air-defence systems - such as autonomous drones or missiles - the first project of which will be delivered by 2027, the UK government said in a separate statement.

Britain backs Ukraine with new £500million missiles and defence systems deal - 1,000 lightweight multirole missiles, manufactured in Belfast, will be delivered to Ukraine under the deal

Europe has wide "shortfalls" in its military capabilities which leave it "ill-prepared" as the war in Ukraine grinds on, a new report said Tuesday.With the new security strategy of US President Donald Trump's administration forcing European countries to rethink defence policies,

VLADIMIR PUTIN has blasted Ukraine with more explosives over the past two years than Hitler hurled at Britain during the whole of World War Two. Russia unleashed 90,000 missiles, bombs and drones

"Putin has not achieved his goals," Ukraine's president says on the fourth anniversary of from Russia's full-scale invasion.

On the night of February 22, the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit two Russian Tor surface-to-air missile systems in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region and an oil depot in temporarily occupied Luhansk.