Less than an hour’s drive from downtown Kyiv, a cluster of sleek black modular buildings with metal roofs and dark-tinted glass stand in an open field.

Granta Autonomy makes drones that are used by Ukraine, and its CEO said testing in Ukraine is so important that he visits the battlefield himself.

Russia attacked Ukraine with an Iskander missile and more than 80 Shahed drones. The military reported how many were shot down and suppressed by air defenses, according to the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Air Force.

The system is primarily designed to counter Russian Shaheds and decoy drones. It has been undergoing combat testing for three weeks in Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts. The system includes either an airborne or ground platform,

Russia launched 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said Saturday, hours after Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held their Alaska talks.

Vasyl Malyuk, head of Ukraine's internal security service, said his team relied on corrupt customs officials to smuggle the drones into Russia.

As the threats of drones in war grow, Ukrainian forces are strapping anti-air missiles to decades-old planes for defense.

Russia launched 85 drones and an Iskander-M missile at Ukraine overnight, targeting frontline areas in four regions. The attacks coincided with the Alaska summit between Putin and Trump, which ended with no ceasefire agreement,

Ukraine's airforce said Moscow had "attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 85 Shahed-type" drones, while also attacking "frontline areas" in four regions. In its daily report, the airforce said the attacks took place "on the night of August 16" and starting in the evening of August 15 — when Mr.

Frontline units in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Kherson have received the drones thanks to the newly launched DOT-Chain Defense weapons marketplace.