# How Russia’s new jet drones are changing the threat to Kyiv

https://mins.news/en/video/85371

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-04 13:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S2efmzyRp4

> Russia’s new jet-powered drones fly faster and higher, making them difficult for Ukraine to shoot down and giving Moscow a new advantage. As Russia intensifies drone attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine is racing to develop jet-powered interceptors. Volunteers on a Ukrainian air defense team protecting the capital describe watching drones they cannot currently intercept pass overhead.

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