Kamikaze drone

Russia launched a barrage of kamikaze drone attacks in Kyiv on Monday, killing at least three people and setting off warning sirens across the Ukrainian ...

Vitalii said he and others recognized the triangular shape of the Iranian-made drone and how it buzzed. [On Friday](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-intl/index.html), Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no need for more “massive” strikes for now. Monday’s assault comes a week after Russia began an intense, two-day nationwide bombardment of Ukraine that killed at least 19 people and leveled civilian targets, drawing global outrage. “We saw a flash and an explosion. Kamikaze drones, or suicide drones, are small, portable aerial weapon systems that are hard to detect and can be fired at a distance. Fresh attacks in the eastern regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy targeted crucial infrastructure. One of the strikes hit close to Kyiv’s main train station, Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs. And we will get victory.” Ukraine Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi said that security forces were able to shoot down 36 of 42 drones that Russia launched on Monday. The Ukrainian Air Force said it had destroyed 37 Iranian-made kamikaze drones and three cruise missiles in the south and east of the country early Monday. The occupiers will get only fair punishment and condemnation of future generations. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal asked citizens to reduce power consumption, especially during peak hours, to help stabilize the country’s electricity system.

Russia has launched a series of "kamikaze" drone attacks across Ukraine in recent weeks, striking civilian infrastructure and sowing terror in Ukrainian ...

These have become something of a symbol of the Ukrainian resistance. The Ukrainian military has been using RAM II kamikaze drones, which were developed by a consortium of Ukrainian companies and bought with money crowdfunded by ordinary Ukrainians. Ukrainian officials said that Ukrainian air defense forces were already taking down the “bulk” of the Shahed drones. The air defenses Ukraine needs to combat kamikaze drones are different from the systems that are used against cruise missiles and similar weapons. The Switchblade 300 and the larger Switchblade 600 are produced by American defense company AeroVironment. He said Poland had given Ukraine “systems” to help destroy the drones. The name “kamikaze” refers to the fact the drones are disposable. Kamikaze drones and missiles are attacking all of Ukraine,” he said Monday. But Ukraine claimed its forces had shot down one of these drones for the first time last month near the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv. “So the Russians are using these fairly unsophisticated drones against large targets like cities. US officials told CNN in July that Iran had begun showcasing Shahed series drones to Russia at Kashan Airfield south of Tehran the previous month. Iran has denied supplying weapons to Russia despite evidence to the contrary.

Indiscriminate attacks by Russia on Ukraine's capital sow terror among civilian population.

“The whole night, and the whole morning, the enemy terrorises the civilian population,” he wrote. “Now you can see how we can shoot down the Shahed drones,” he said on a video posted on Telegram. “Russians want to leave the city of Kyiv without heat, without heating. “The rest of the drones were shot down by our military.” The words were likely to offer precious little comfort to many. “The body was already packed in a black plastic bag.” “When I passed the rescuers, I saw and was told that the rescuers had already retrieved the body of our 59-year-old neighbour from the fourth floor”, she said. “They want to create a humanitarian disaster in Kyiv.” To some, the burst of fire was what first made them aware of the mortal danger. It was like a heavy fog; me and mum started suffocating in this smoke.” Those making their way through the station ran to the underpasses between the platforms. Harmless enough to the unschooled eye.

Unlike those that return to base once missiles are launched, suicide drones are destroyed in an attack.

The Kremlin did not comment. “In and of themselves, no one weapon system of this nature can change the outcome of the war,” he said. Unlike drones that return to base once missiles are launched, “kamikaze” or “suicide” drones are destroyed in an attack. Ukraine says Russia imported the drones from Iran, where they are known as Shahed-136, which could be translated as “witness of faith” but also as “martyr”. Like cruise missiles, they can strike targets hundreds of kilometres away, but cruise missiles are expensive, and Gatopoulos said “kamikaze” drones are a cheaper yet precise alternative. Unlike those that return to base once missiles are launched, suicide drones are destroyed in an attack.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia redoubled its bombing of Ukrainian critical infrastructure on Monday morning in a push to leave millions of people across the country ...

Follow our [live updates here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/17/russia-ukraine-war-latest-updates/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_3). [Russia-Ukraine war](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-russia/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_9). They live on the 22nd floor of a building directly across from the thermal station. Russia has used kamikaze drones to attack military and infrastructure targets largely in southern Ukraine, and Monday marked the first time they were able to reach central Kyiv. Their windows, with tape already across them to protect from shattering glass, were still intact when they returned to the apartment. A coffee stand near the strike site continued to operate. The drones are typically less destructive than precision missiles — civilians can see and hear them coming, so they have more time to seek shelter before any explosion. intelligence assessment, publicized last week, indicating that Russia has lost more than 6,000 pieces of military equipment since the war began in February. The first explosions in Kyiv on Monday started at 6:45 a.m. Missiles landed near a downtown park, at a playground and at an office building near the same thermal station that was targeted again this Monday. The sound of gunfire could be heard throughout the city center. It was not immediately clear if the station itself — which serves four districts in central Kyiv — was hit.

The head of President Zelensky's office pleaded for more air defense systems “as soon as possible” in light of the nightmare attack on Kyiv.

[Iran denied](http://The drones, reportedly supplied to Russia by Iran, can hover for hours before diving into targets and exploding.) furnishing weapons to Russia. The minister tweeted a brief interview and the remnants of the drone with what he wrote on Telegram also included the words, “for Luch” referring to Belgorod, where a power plant was attacked inside Russia. “Among them is a young couple, a husband and wife, who were expecting a child. Ukraine said nine of the drones were knocked out by an anti-aircraft missiles deployed by fighter jets and two were hit by forces on the ground. “In the past 13 hours, #UAarmy shot down 37 Iranian Shahed-136 drones and 3 cruise missiles launched by Russian terrorists,” the ministry tweeted. [kamikaze drones](https://www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-putin-should-be-very-worried-about-ukraines-new-kamikaze-drone) are a precise weapon shot from flatbed trucks—which leaves them vulnerable to anti-aircraft missiles as they are deployed, but they are stealthy enough to cause major damage once inside city limits.

The Iranian-made Russian-operated suicide drone is one of the many launched during the latest massive wave of attack across Ukraine.

[Iranian instructors](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/10/14/Russia-using-Iranian-nationals-in-Ukraine-to-launch-suicide-drones-Report) in the occupied territories of southern Ukraine to launch and operate Shahed 136 munitions while performing hands-on training for the Russians. The munition has already seen action in the Middle East, notably against the tanker M/V Mercer Street in 2021 and the Saudi Aramco oil processing plant in 2019. [under a rain of fire](https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russians-massively-attacked-ukraine-with-shahed-drones/), with Russian forces conducting a massive wave of attacks against Kyiv and nearby cities. [AFP published online photos showing a Geran 2](https://gizmodo.com/russia-ukraine-suicide-drones-iran-kyiv-shahed-geran-1849665655) just seconds before and after it struck its target, captured by photographers Yasuyoshi Chiba and Sergei Supinsky. [Shahed-136 is a flying wing](https://theaviationist.com/2022/09/13/iranian-loitering-munitions-spotted-in-ukraine/) with tip fence-type winglets, with a length of about 2.5 meters and a wingspan of 3.5 meters. The Ukrainian MoD claims about 37 such drones and 3 cruise missiles were shot down, while an unspecified number of them struck their targets.

Ukrainian officials said at least four people were killed when Russia launched a barrage of Iranian-made "kamikaze" drone attacks in Kyiv on Monday, ...

Vitalii said he and others recognized the triangular shape of the Iranian-made drone and how it buzzed. [On Friday](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-intl/index.html), Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no need for more “massive” strikes for now. Monday’s assault comes a week after Russia began an intense, two-day nationwide bombardment of Ukraine that killed at least 19 people and leveled civilian targets, drawing global outrage. “We saw a flash and an explosion. Kamikaze drones, or suicide drones, are small, portable aerial weapon systems that are hard to detect and can be fired at a distance. Fresh attacks in the eastern regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy targeted crucial infrastructure. One of the strikes hit close to Kyiv’s main train station, Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs. And we will get victory.” Ukraine Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi said that security forces were able to shoot down 36 of 42 drones that Russia launched on Monday. The Ukrainian Air Force said it had destroyed 37 Iranian-made kamikaze drones and three cruise missiles in the south and east of the country early Monday. The occupiers will get only fair punishment and condemnation of future generations. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal asked citizens to reduce power consumption, especially during peak hours, to help stabilize the country’s electricity system.

Russian forces have increasingly begun relying on Iranian-made Shahed suicide drones which are tipped with explosives.

[fled](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/17/state-tv-journalist-who-denounced-ukraine-war-flees-russia-marina-ovsyannikova) Russia on Monday, her lawyer, Dmitry Zakhvatov, said. [claim](https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02B8FkVawQE4ExmBP9jBiLvBF3TMv8EtwnmSySZNMnTdj2Lw9xcgLHTKiSwc8byz9gl) to have shot down 26 of them since Sunday. She had been put on a wanted list for trying to escape house [arrest](https://www.forbes.com/sites/madelinehalpert/2022/08/10/russian-journalist-who-protested-ukraine-war-on-tv-charged-with-spreading-false-information/?sh=377c795b8524), according to her lawyer. However, observers [questioned](https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-10) the long-term viability of this strategy, noting that Russia was wasting its “dwindling precision weapons” by attacking civilian targets. Russia has increasingly appeared to rely on Iranian kamikaze drones to target Ukrainian cities in recent weeks. [resulting in](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/10/10/kyiv-hit-by-missile-strikes-after-putin-blames-ukraine-for-crimea-bridge-attack/?sh=221667ae4f4a) at least 19 deaths and injuries to more than 100 people. Despite this, Ukrainian air defenses appear to have developed tactics against these drones and [Putin Allies Demand More Attacks On Ukraine—But Russia May Not Have Enough Missiles](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/10/11/putin-allies-demand-more-attacks-on-ukraine-but-russia-may-not-have-enough-missiles/?sh=6b111f2e3032) (Forbes) [A week after a round of strikes, Kyiv’s people take cover again](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/17/world/russia-ukraine-war-news#a-week-after-a-round-of-strikes-kyivs-people-take-cover-again) (New York Times) The small, low-flying drones are much harder to intercept and may be available to Russian forces in much larger quantities than expensive and complex guided missiles. Last month, Ukraine [downgraded](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/24/ukraine-to-reduce-iran-embassy-presence-over-russia-drone-attacks) its relationship with Iran and revoked the accreditation of the Iranian ambassador after the drones first showed up on the battlefield. And we will get victory.” The occupiers will get only fair punishment and condemnation of future generations.

Ukrainian officials said Russia killed at least four people on Monday by detonating a so-called kamikaze drone in Kyiv, the latest apparent use of the ...

“And every ten minutes, I receive a message about the enemy’s use of Iranian ‘Shaheds.’” Providing weapons to wage a war of aggression in Ukraine and kill Ukrainian citizens makes Iran complicit in the crime of aggression, war crimes and terrorist acts of Russia against Ukraine.” The buildings of two diplomatic missions in Kyiv were damaged. intelligence suggests the drones have also Officials say Russia used kamikaze drones often in recent days to strike targets far from the war’s front lines and terrorize civilians. Russia has reportedly renamed the system the Geran-2. “All night and all morning, the enemy terrorizes the civilian population. [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [Healthcare](https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [International](https://thehill.com/policy/international/) [See All](https://thehill.com) [Iran](https://thehill.com/tag/iran/) [Kamikaze drones](https://thehill.com/tag/kamikaze-drones/) [russia](https://thehill.com/tag/russia/) [Russia-Ukraine war](https://thehill.com/tag/russia-ukraine-war/) [ukraine](https://thehill.com/tag/ukraine/) [Volodymyr Zelensky](https://thehill.com/people/volodymyr-zelensky/) [Overnight Defense](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/) [Defense](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [International](https://thehill.com/policy/international/) [See All](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/) Kamikaze drones and missiles are attacking all of Ukraine. [warned about Iranian drone sales to Moscow in July](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3553782-white-house-iran-preparing-to-send-russia-drones-for-ukraine-war/), and Biden administration officials confirmed in late August that the first shipment of drones had arrived in Russia. [announced it was reducing the number of diplomatic personnel](https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mzs-ukrayini-u-zvyazku-iz-postachannyam-iranom-zbroyi-rosiyi-dlya-vedennya-vijni-proti-ukrayini) at the Iranian embassy in Kyiv, calling Iran’s supply of the drones an “unfriendly act that heavily damages Ukraine-Iran relations.”

Early today, Kyiv was struck four times as Russian forces attacked using unmanned Iranian-made kamikaze drones, according to Ukrainian officials.

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The attacks appeared to be the largest drone assault unleashed by Russia on civilian targets since the start of the war. Russia launched 43 drones and Ukraine ...

The supply of Iranian drones is significant because Russia increasingly has insufficient missiles to keep up a daily campaign against civilian targets, according to Ukrainian and western officials. Russia appears to be using the Iranian drones to maintain a campaign of aerial terror aimed at sapping Ukrainians’ will to fight, some experts said. The attack highlighted how Russia is increasingly turning to using attack drones built and supplied by Iran to bolster its failing war effort in Ukraine. “It’s not about all of them making it through, it’s about just some of them making it through.” “The whole point of using these Shaheds is to send them in waves. Russian troops have taken to nicknaming these drones “mopeds” because of their loud whine, he said.

Kyiv was targeted by Russian forces again Monday, this time by kamikaze drones. The attacks were unsettling and deadly, but what's less clear is whether or ...

BOWMAN: Well, Ukraine, again, seems to have the upper hand on the ground. They're losing ground in the east in the Donbass area and also in the south around the city of Kherson. Now, that can monitor dozens of targets and is expected to be in Ukraine in the coming weeks. Well, all of this comes in the wake of missile strikes on Kyiv and throughout Ukraine about a week ago. So it seems the Russians are relying on missiles and drones to basically pummel Ukraine - mostly, it seems, the civilian population. The U.S. There are Turkish-made drones, another from the U.S. Now, The Washington Post reported today, by the way, that - and NPR confirmed - that the Iranians may send even more sophisticated drones and long-range missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine, escalating the fight even more, Ailsa. The Ukrainians are getting all sorts of drones. Now, the Russians launched 28 into Kyiv, and the Ukrainians were able to shoot down all but five of them. But what's less clear is whether they change anything about the war, a war in which Ukraine continues to have the upper hand. Russian forces targeted the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv again today, but this time they deployed kamikaze drones.

Ukrainian officials said Russia killed at least four people on Monday by detonating a so-called kamikaze drone in Kyiv, the latest apparent use of the ...

Russian forces targeted the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv again today, but this time they deployed kamikaze drones. The attacks were unsettling and deadly. But ...

BOWMAN: Well, Ukraine, again, seems to have the upper hand on the ground. They're losing ground in the east in the Donbass area and also in the south around the city of Kherson. Now, that can monitor dozens of targets and is expected to be in Ukraine in the coming weeks. Well, all of this comes in the wake of missile strikes on Kyiv and throughout Ukraine about a week ago. So it seems the Russians are relying on missiles and drones to basically pummel Ukraine - mostly, it seems, the civilian population. The U.S. There are Turkish-made drones, another from the U.S. Now, The Washington Post reported today, by the way, that - and NPR confirmed - that the Iranians may send even more sophisticated drones and long-range missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine, escalating the fight even more, Ailsa. The Ukrainians are getting all sorts of drones. Now, the Russians launched 28 into Kyiv, and the Ukrainians were able to shoot down all but five of them. But what's less clear is whether they change anything about the war, a war in which Ukraine continues to have the upper hand. Russian forces targeted the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv again today, but this time they deployed kamikaze drones.

The intercepted attacks follow drone strikes early Monday and as Ukraine demands Iran stop providing military support to Russia.

He also called on the EU to impose sanctions on Iran as well as Russia. Kuleba said he asked the EU to help bolster Ukraine's air defense capabilities and additional ammunition. The ministry said that over the last week alone Russia had launched more than 100 of the Iranian-made drones on Ukraine's residential areas, power stations, sewage treatment plants, bridge and playgrounds. The intercepted attacks are the latest in a string of recent air strikes launched by Russia against Ukraine. Ukraine's Air Force also reported that earlier in the afternoon it had shot down two Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea. [post](https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=484277173740236&set=a.293720452795910) Monday night that Ukrainian fighter jets shot down six of the drones and two more were taken out by ground forces using anti-aircraft guns.

Russia is using Iranian kamikaze drones to attack Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. On October 17th, several drone strikes on Kyiv killed at least 4 people, ...

Kamikaze drones supplied to Russia from its ally Iran are having a devastating effect on Ukraine—but the weapons are nowhere near as deadly as Vladimir ...

On Saturday, ISW published a report that warned: "Russia may have signed a new contract with Iran for the supply of Arash-2 drones. Speaking at the end of last month, and Baker added: "I think that the idea that they represent some technological leap ahead, frankly, we're just not seeing borne out in the data." And he suspects Ukrainian forces will now "go hunting" for the small, portable signal relay towers that need to be set up to guide the drones to their targets, so they can take them out. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker told CNN the drones had suffered "numerous failures" on the battlefield. We have our own suicide drones under the name 'Switchblade' that are probably more effective than the Shahed type and can be carried in a backpack. He predicts the drone attacks "will come and go as Russia expends these drones and then gets new supplies from Iran." It also points to the lack of conventional cruise missiles in the Russian inventory to shoot at Ukraine's civilian centers." Military expert and veteran Sean Spoonts, editor-in-chief of military news outlet SOFREP.com, tells Newsweek that the drones were "easy to shoot down." Given the sheer number launched and the limited damage and loss of life, we would not assess them to be very effective as a weapon at this point. The Russians attacked with more than 100 of these drones in recent days. But Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said: "We have not supplied any weapons to the sides of the Ukraine war." The word is now being applied to Iran's Shahed-136 (un-piloted) drones, which are laden with explosives and destroyed upon impact.

Ukrainian officials said Russia killed at least four people on Monday by detonating a so-called kamikaze drone in Kyiv.

Experts say Iranian-made suicide drones being used against Ukraine are a sign that Russia's stock of domestic weaponry may be severely depleted.

Even if a good number of drones are shot down," he said, "it doesn't matter because the idea is to just keep the pressure and hope to wear them down over time so they accept either submission or a deal with Russia." The drones can be fired in groups of five in rapid succession. The drones have a wingspan of 2 1/2 meters and carry an explosive warhead weighing around 40 kilograms. Like a batter being pitched multiple baseballs in rapid succession, even sophisticated air-defense shields can be overwhelmed by several kamikaze drones arriving at once. [being launched from a lightweight](https://t.me/MDeLaBrox/31481), truck-mounted frame. Russia's "rebranding of the Shahed drones is partially to cover up the degree of its dependence on Iranian drones -- something that, given Russia's history as a defense exporter, is embarrassing," he said.