Ukrainian soldiers are now using a long-range drone capable of traveling up to 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) and carrying a 250-kilogram air bomb, the Unmanned Systems Forces said on Jan. 31. The drone is described as a “unique development” and a potential game changer on the battlefield.

Officials say a Russian drone has blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack that killed at least six people and wounded nine others.

A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces downed 37 drones Russian invaders had launched at Ukraine since Wednesday night. Another 39 drones serving as decoys to exhaust Ukraine’s air defenses eventually disappeared from radar.

A Russian drone attack on a residential block killed nine people including three elderly couples in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, officials

On the night of Friday, January 31, the Russian army launched 102 kamikaze drones at Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense forces operated in 12 regions of the country, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia launched an attack on Ukraine using 102 Shahed-type strike drones and various decoy UAVs on the night of 30-31 January 2025. Ukrainian air defence shot down 59 of them. Source: Ukraine’s Air Force on Telegram Details: The drones were launched from Kursk,