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Ukraine Uses F-16s to Shoot Down Russia’s Jet-Powered Drones

The fighters are a key tool against Moscow’s latest weapon of choice. But deploying the multimillion-dollar planes to counter drones is an imperfect fix.

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The Fetesti Air Base Air Base in Borcea, Romania, this month. The base is the only training site outside the United States where Ukrainian pilots fly the F-16.
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What Life Is Like in Kyiv as Russia Tries to Make It Unlivable

A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks.

A destroyed garage on Oct. 7 after an attack on an industrial complex that killed two security guards in Kyiv.
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Why Russia Sees a Window to Bomb Ukraine Into Submission This Winter

Moscow is not winning on the battlefield. Instead, it is seizing an opening to inflict immense human suffering in Ukrainian cities.

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Firefighters at the site of a strike on an apartment building in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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The Race to Defend Kyiv Against Terrifying New Jet-Powered Drones

Ukrainian engineers are rushing to perfect A.I.-guided, jet-driven interceptors. Their goal: to stop a fast Russian threat in the latest round of a deadly tech duel.

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A jet drone struck the National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 28
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Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates

A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

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Firefighters at the site of a strike at an apartment building in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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Ukraine Says It Received No Intelligence About Strikes 2 Nights in a Row

Asked about apparent U.S. threats to cut off intelligence sharing with Kyiv, which can warn of Russian aerial attacks, President Trump said information continued to flow.

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A resident collecting belongings from an apartment building that was struck in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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Bulgaria Summons Russian Ambassador After More Black Sea Drone Strikes

Drones struck two ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, according to the country’s prime minister.

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Prime Minister Rumen Radev of Bulgaria said that a crew member was rescued from one of the ships that had been attacked.
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They Came to Russia for Work. Now They Are Under Fire.

Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and warehouses have led to casualties among the foreigners easing Russia’s labor shortage.

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Smoke rising from an e-commerce warehouse near St. Petersburg, Russia, after a Ukrainian strike in July.
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Ukrainian Drones Close Moscow Airports as Putin Flies Back to Russia

Government planes reported to be carrying the Russian president and his aides home from Turkmenistan were forced to circle or divert to another city.

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A photo released by state media on Friday showing President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Turkmenbashi.
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Escalating Assaults on Ukrainian Cities Are Taking an Enormous Toll

At least 30 people were killed in a Russian strike on a commuter bus in the country’s east, officials said, a day after an attack on an apartment building far behind the combat zone killed 22.

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A handout photo shows firefighters in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, where a bus was struck by projectiles on Thursday.
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‘Absolute Nightmare’: Inside the Russian Warehouses Bombarded by Ukraine

Middle-of-the-night evacuations and fears about death have become the norm for workers at Russian e-commerce companies targeted by Ukraine.

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A warehouse for a Russian e-commerce company near St. Petersburg after it was hit by Ukrainian drones in July.
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Drones Hit Ships Off Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast, Prime Minister Says

A rescue effort was underway, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said, after one of the two ships sank. It was not immediately clear where the drones originated.

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Crew members of a ship that was damaged in a drone attack disembarking from a Bulgarian border police vessel on Tuesday.
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U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels

MQ-9 Reaper drones — known for high-profile deadly strikes — have been shifted from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador, U.S. officials said.

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An MQ-9 Reaper drone at Hancock Field Air National Guard base near Syracuse, N.Y.
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Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve

Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones.

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A protester in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month calling for help for Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine.
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Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline

The bridges, used by many commuters in the Ukrainian capital, are the latest target in a broad Russian bombing campaign against infrastructure.

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A Russian drone striking a bridge, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
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