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Ukraine’s $500 Vyriy FPV drone just flew 110 km to hit Russian logistics. That used to cost $5,000.

With a denser battery, a lighter warhead and a wing, a cheap first-person-view drone can now range 110 km.
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Intel Slava
· Jun 28, 2026
[Video] 🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — FPV drones of the Zapad Group destroy an ATV and a pickup truck equipped with [...]
— FPV drones of the Zapad Group destroy an ATV and a pickup truck equipped with an electronic warfare system on the outskirts of Krasny Liman — the vehicles were being used to deliver ammunition and supplies to Ukrainian forces.@IntelSlava
Ukrainska Pravda
· Jul 3, 2026
Ukraine's F-Drones receives permit to export drones and ships 2,000 UAVs to US
Ukrainian company F-Drones has shipped 2,000 F10 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to the United States after Ukraine's State Service for Export Control granted permission for their export on 1 July.
Defence Blog
· Jun 27, 2026
Ukraine deploys heavy robot trucks on the front line
A Ukrainian robotic ground vehicle took a direct hit from an enemy FPV drone, shrugged off the shrapnel damage, and kept driving until it delivered nearly a ton of supplies to front-line positions, Militarnyi reported. The same vehicle later struck a mine on the return leg of a subsequent mission and was lost, too damaged []
Armstrong Economics
· Jul 1, 2026
European Taxpayers Spend 3.9B Euros on Drones for Ukraine
The European Union just sent another 3.9 billion to Ukraine to buy drones. This is not humanitarian aid. This is war financing. Reuters reported that the latest transfer is part of the EU’s new 90 billion loan program designed to keep Kyiv funded through 2026 and 2027. The money is being directed toward Ukraine’s drone []
The Daily Beast
· Jul 10, 2026
Putin Faces Humiliating Dilemma as Domestic Crisis Rages
Anastasia Barashkova/Pool via ReutersVladimir Putin has been backed into an embarrassing corner as Ukrainian drones strike deeper and deeper inside Russia.For several weeks, Ukraine has been launching waves of drone attacks into Russia, targeting cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg and the country’s oil refineries, which are vital to funding the Kremlin’s invasion efforts.Until now, Ukraine’s drone strikes had been largely limited to targets within around 1,000 miles of Kyiv-controlled territory. However, on Monday, Ukraine was able to send drones to the Siberian city of Omsk, more than 2,000 miles from Kyiv, targeting Russia’s largest refinery and a crude distillation unit.Read more at The Daily Beast.
The Independent
· Jun 29, 2026
Stray Ukrainian drones crashing onto Nato soil are price worth paying to defeat Putin, says Estonian foreign minister
‘We are not saying to Ukraine to stop it,’ said Margus Tsahkna
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