Shaheds

KYIV, Ukraine — At first, it was only a faint whine somewhere in the distance. Then the sound sharpened, swelled, and suddenly the drone was overhead, a high-pitched scream piercing the air as it flew past.The aircraft was Sting, a Ukrainian interceptor drone purpose-built to hunt Russian Shahed-type attack drones.…

For Ukrainian cities, the last two days have been a near-constant barrage of drones and missile strikes, culminating in Russia’s largest and most unrelenting long-range attack in the war so far. Loading audio narration… It’s another major episode in a new style of Russian drone warfare emerging in the last…