And it’s the Ukrainian government’s new production target for 2025—solely from Ukrainian factories. “Ukraine is now the world leader in drone warfare,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky boasted.

Anatolii Khrapchynskyi, aviation expert and former officer in Ukraine’s Air Force, analyzes how Russia is developing its drone production and improving its UAV capabilities. Six months ago, Russia significantly increased the intensity of drone attacks on Ukrainian territory.

A growing proportion of these are equipped with AI guidance, allowing them to lock on to targets in the final phase of flight even if the link between pilot and drone is jammed. The automatic guidance can kick in at distances of 2km or more,

A top Ukrainian official said his country was "ready to go" and determined to reach a peace deal with Russia as U.S.-Ukraine talks kicked off in Jeddah.

Russia and Ukraine traded heavy aerial blows overnight, with both sides reporting Saturday more than 100 enemy drones over their respective territories.

Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 178 drones at Ukraine during the night of March 15. Air defense shot down most of the drones, according to the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. "On the night of March 15,

President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin place heavy emphasis on their image as protectors and guarantors of security for the Russian people. Ukrainian large-scale strikes directly discredit that image.

Ukraine’s air defense systems neutralized 130 of the drones across 14 oblasts: Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya,