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Russia, drone and Ukraine

Russia is intensifying its air war in Ukraine. A secretive factory is ramping up drone production to fuel the offensive

A manufacturing plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region has significantly scaled up its production of Iranian-designed drones, using a range of Chinese components, and recruiting a low-skilled workforce of Russian teenagers and African women,

Hosted on MSN · 14h

Secret plant in Russia increases drone production for war against Ukraine

In 2023, the factory produced 2,738 Shahed drones, and by the first nine months of 2024, it more than doubled this output, manufacturing 5,760 drones. According to anonymous sources, the factory is also assembling thousands of “fake” drones aimed at exhausting Ukraine’s air defense systems.

Reuters on MSN · 16h

Russia says Azerbaijan Airlines flight which crashed diverted amid fog and Ukrainian drone alert

Russia's aviation watchdog said on Friday that an Azerbaijan Airlines plane which crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday had decided to reroute from its original destination in Chechnya amid dense fog and a local alert over Ukrainian drones.

North Korea, Russia and Ukraine

Al Jazeera on MSN · 24m

North Koreans die in droves even as Russia unleashes firepower on Ukraine

North Korean troops were evidently untrained in dealing with Ukrainian drones, which took a high toll. In one instance, Ukrainian drone operators recorded how a North Korean soldier accidentally shot his comrade as they tried to shoot down the drone that was filming them.

Seattle Times · 2h

North Korea is experiencing mass casualties in Russia, White House says

The North Korean losses amount to almost 10 percent of the country’s deployment to Russia, the Biden administration said.

Reuters · 6h

North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine front lines, White House says

North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, with a thousand of their troops killed or wounded in the last week alone in Russia's Kursk region,

Russia shoots down Santa Claus in propaganda video

New York Sun · 6h

Video of Russia Shooting Santa Out of the Sky Speaks to Growing Fear of Ukrainian Drones

Shootdown of Azeri passenger plane reflects Russian jumpiness. This image from video released by Kazakhstan Emergency Ministry Press Service on December 27, 2024, shows the crash landing of the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP

Newsweek on MSN · 13h

WATCH: Russian Air Defenses Shoot Down Santa Claus in Christmas Video

Russian missile defense systems were depicted shooting down Santa as he flew through the sky on a sleigh in a new viral short.

Yahoo · 12h

Watch: Russia shoots down Santa Claus in propaganda video

Santa Claus is shot out of the sky by a Russian air defence missile in a Christmas video published on pro-Kremlin Telegram channels.

Drone strike damages railway line in Russia's Voronezh Oblast, governor claims

Debris from an intercepted drone damaged the contact network of a railway in Russia's Voronezh Oblast overnight on Dec. 28, ...

Interesting Engineering on MSN10h

Russia deploys 24-barrel buckshot-firing anti-drone buggies in Ukraine

Russian anti-drone buggies retrofitted with a 24-barrel buckshot weapon on the rugged chassis of the iconic 4×4 Lada Niva.

14hOpinion

Russia has a history of downing passenger planes — and covering it up

The track record tells you what Moscow’s word is worth on the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

US intelligence points to possible misidentification of Azerbaijani plane by Russia, MSNBC reports

There is U.S. intelligence that Russia may have mistakenly shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan ...

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Russia's Shahed Drone Warehouse Engulfed in 'Devastating' Fire: Ukraine

Ukrainian military intelligence said a Russian Shahed-136 drone warehouse became engulfed in a "devastating" fire that ...

Kyiv Independent on MSN12h

Belarus Weekly — 2024 in review: Drone incursions, deepening alliance with Russia, totalitarianism

Belarus, under dictator Alexander Lukashenko, continued to descend into totalitarianism, imprisoning people at will and ...

9hon MSN

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan "does not look like" bird strike as Russia suggested, experts say

Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an ...

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Azerbaijan Airlines crash: Russian air defences may have shot down passenger jet after misidentifying it as drone, US intelligence suggests

Azerbaijan says its initial findings are that an "external impact" caused the crash in Kazakhstan, with "the type of weapon ...

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