# Jet-powered Russian drones strain Ukraine’s air defenses

https://mins.news/en/item/68736

- Reuters, 2026-09-22 10:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/jet-powered-russian-drones-strain-ukraines-air-defences-2026-09-22/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab25d5ef43c0f0001de8d1e

> Vasyl, a portable rocket operator with one of Ukraine’s many mobile air-defense groups, was dismayed to see a Russian jet-powered Shahed drone approaching his position at an altitude too high for him to bring it down.

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