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Private mercenaries, GCHQ's nuclear response and on the ground in the Donbas

Ukraine: The Latest

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The Shahid 136 Drones - One-Way UAVs

Ukrainian air defence shot down 21 of the cruise missiles, so 21 of the 30 and 11 drones. They're saying that eight, Shahid 136 drones were destroyed in the vicinity of Makhalayev. UK defense intelligence is calling it one-way drones. And these drones are designed to not only relay a picture back to the controller, back somewhere, but then also have a warhead on themselves. The lack of operational level strike capability is likely one of Russia's most significant capability gaps in Ukraine.

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