# Welt TV: Ukrainian interceptor drones powerless against new Russian jet-powered UAVs

https://mins.news/en/item/37508

- TASS, 2026-08-30 11:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2179483

> Welt TV correspondent Christoph Wanner said Ukrainian interceptor drones are struggling to shoot down Russia’s new high-speed kamikaze UAVs. He attributed the problem to Ukraine lagging in interceptor-drone technology after Russia modernized its drones with jet propulsion.

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