# Ukraine’s interceptor technology outpaced by Russia’s jet-powered Geran-5 drones

https://mins.news/en/item/82330

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-01 18:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-interceptor-tech-outpaced-by-russias-jet-powered-geran-5-drones/

> A Russian jet-powered Geran-5 drone hit the Presidium building of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv, killing two people and starting a fire. An identical munition struck a nearby private medical clinic about an hour later. The drones fly higher and faster than earlier models, and Ukraine currently intercepts only 57% of them, leaving older counter-drone methods inadequate.

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