With Russian ground troops bogged down in a grinding war of attrition, Moscow is striving to press home its advantage in the skies – through an ever-evolving army of drones, courtesy of Iran. In early January,

A heavy Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed at least one person and injured 23, including children and a pregnant woman

Given the massive scale of Russian and Chinese strike drone production, the U.S. needs more interceptors in the price range of Sting and Surveyor to exceed strike drones in number and to enable spreading interceptors out geographically for broader protection. Even then, affordable interceptors alone won’t cut it.

The Odesa attack involved more than 50 drones, some of them models recently upgraded by Russia to improve their range and strike power, according to Ukrainian authorities.

The Russian military has launched a recruitment drive seeking troops for drone units, reflecting the key role that unmanned systems have come to play both in the Ukraine war and in Russia’s plans for its future force structure.

Update: The National Police of Ukraine reported that Russian forces had attacked Kyiv Oblast. A high-rise residential building, two cars and an office building were damaged in the Bucha district. Quote from the National Police of Ukraine: "Sadly, a man and a woman were killed. Their four-year-old child received medical treatment at the scene.

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Russian attacks on civilians in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, have forced important aspects of life to go underground, offering a vision of a postapocalyptic future.