Drones
Ukraine: 433 Russian drones in one night, with energy infrastructure hit in four regions
Russia attacked Ukraine with 433 drones overnight into November 1, and the General Staff says air defence downed or neutralised…
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Shahed drones
Drones
Ukraine says it struck a Russian Geran drone base near Navlya, hitting a drone storage site and a fuel depot
Ukraine’s General Staff says it hit a drone storage facility, a drone port and a fuel depot at Navlya in…
Drones
Voronezh: governor reports two dead and 17 injured in a mass Ukrainian drone attack, with debris hitting a train
Voronezh governor Alexander Gusev said two people were killed and 17 injured, including a child, in the overnight drone attack…
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Occupied Crimea left without power after strike on energy infrastructure; Moscow says it hit a naval-drone workshop at Chornomorsk
Sevastopol and much of occupied Crimea lost electricity overnight after an attack on energy infrastructure. Russia’s Defence Ministry claims its…
Defense Industry
EDGE’s automated 40 mm ammunition line enters full production, with capacity for 1.5 million rounds a year in the UAE
An automated production line for 40x53 mm rounds at LAHAB, part of the UAE’s EDGE Group, has entered full-rate production…
Drones
Ukraine: more than 408,000 Russian drones neutralised since the start of 2026, over 35,000 of them Shahed-type
Ukraine’s Defence Ministry says its forces have neutralised 408,000 Russian drones since the start of 2026, including more than 35,000…
Politics & Diplomacy
Zelensky: Putin wants ballistic missiles in Belarus for western Ukraine – Starlink’s speed limit “brought down” the interceptor drones
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia is preparing to escalate attacks on western Ukraine and that Vladimir Putin wants to…
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Ukraine: strike on the “Robo Avia” drone plant in Rostov – a railway bridge and a missile brigade depot hit in Bryansk
Ukraine’s General Staff says it confirmed a strike on October 16 on a production and storage building of Robo Avia,…
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Zelensky: “The ban is over”, as Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian refineries after 850 Shaheds in a single day
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Financial Times that Ukraine is resuming strikes on Russian refineries after a three-day pause,…
Drones
Geran: Russia’s 600 km/h drones outrun cheap air defence, and the race for faster interceptor drones begins
Russia’s jet-powered kamikaze drones, flying at up to 600 km/h, have become the biggest problem for Ukraine’s air defence, as…
Military & Defense
Ukraine: Strike on an Iskander-M launcher repair base in Kursk; overnight Russian attack with 108 drones and 5 missiles
Ukrainian forces struck a repair base for Iskander-M self-propelled launchers and transporter-loaders near the village of Kondrinka in Russia’s Kursk…