Key Points and Summary – To counter Russia’s overwhelming swarms of cheap Shahed drones, Ukraine is deploying a new, cost-effective solution. -Kyiv is now using small, fast, and disposable interceptor drones designed to physically collide with and destroy incoming threats.

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 45 Shahed-type loitering munitions and decoy drones on the night of 4-5 August. Ukrainian air defences have intercepted 36 of them, but strikes have been recorded at three locations.

Ukraine’s Security Service said its drones destroyed one jet and damaged four at Saki military airfield overnight, aiming to weaken Russia’s war capability in the occupied Crimea and on the Black Sea.