And it’s the Ukrainian government’s new production target for 2025—solely from Ukrainian factories. “Ukraine is now the world leader in drone warfare,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky boasted.

A growing proportion of these are equipped with AI guidance, allowing them to lock on to targets in the final phase of flight even if the link between pilot and drone is jammed. The automatic guidance can kick in at distances of 2km or more,

The Russians have attacked Ukraine with 27 Shahed attack UAVs and decoy drones of various types since the evening of 13 March. Ukraine's air defence has managed to down 16 drones and nine others failed to reach their targets.

Ukrainian air defense shot down 16 drones over the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, and Kharkiv oblasts, the Air Force said. Read also: Russia targets Kryvyi Rih with deadly morning missile attack Nine drone simulators were also detected but caused no damage.

Russia's Defense Ministry said it downed 77 Ukrainian drones overnight, two days after Ukraine carried out its largest drone attack on Moscow and its surrounding areas. Thirty drones were intercepted over the western Bryansk region,