Loitering munition

The swarms of kamikaze drones ravaging Ukraine are cheap and deadly, and they represent a terrifying new form of warfare unleashed by an unlikely source

Kiev said yesterday that Russian forces launched nearly three dozen Iranian-designed attack drones at Ukraine overnight, and fired guided missiles at its second largest city of Kharkiv in the east.

The aerial attack is the latest overnight barrage by Russian forces and comes after Ukraine's foreign minister said his country's priority was to gain control of Ukrainian airspace.

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Those drones, let's recall, are used by Russia in attacks on Ukrainian territories.
In a 47-page document submitted by the Ukrainian government to the G7 governments in August, Kyiv claims that in the previous three months there have been more than 600 attacks by Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) containing Western technology, London's Guardian reports.

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Russian-launched "kamikaze drones" attacked Kiev early on Oct. 16, the Ukrainian presidency said, describing the strikes as an act of desperation nearly eight months into a war that has claimed thousands of lives.

Air raid sirens sounded in Kiev shortly before the first explosion at around 6:35 am (0335), followed by sirens across most of the country.

They are pioneers of so-called loitering munitions, the “kamikaze” drones like the Switchblade that the US has provided Ukraine

Turkey has exported its autonomous rotary wing attack drones - also known as kamikaze drones - produced by Turkish defense company STM for the first time, the firm has announced.

After high-level negotiations, the first contract for exports of STM's Kargu drones was signed, the firm said in a statement.