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Russia Touts Drone Defenses and Strikes as Poland and Turkey Report New UAV Incidents

Officials used fresh video and a terrorism case to underscore their message about escalating unmanned activity.

Overview

  • Russia’s Defense Ministry released footage it says shows an FPV drone ramming and downing a long‑range E‑300 Enterprise strike UAV near Rodinskoe in the Donetsk region.
  • Russian air defenses reported shooting down 10 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones over Bryansk on Monday evening, and regional authorities said 17 homes were damaged in a separate UAV attack in Afipsky, Krasnodar.
  • Turkey’s Defense Ministry said F‑16s safely destroyed an unidentified drone that appeared to be out of control in Turkish airspace over the Black Sea.
  • Poland’s deputy interior minister said drone debris found by a passerby was likely from a decoy system, while a separate military UAV crashed near a home in Lekowo during training with no injuries reported.
  • Russia’s Investigative Committee charged in absentia Ukrainian UAV operator Gennady Tretyakov with terrorism over a February 2025 drone attack in Bryansk and issued an international wanted notice.