You know, everything you tell us will be used against you,” the interviewer on Russian TV warns Timur Shagivaleev, the man behind one of the country’s biggest drone factories.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday toured a factory producing interceptor drones, increasingly seen as a solution to protecting Ukrainian cities from Russian air attacks, and said a goal had been set to make up to 1,

Ukrainian firefighters extinguish burning cars as rescuers conduct search and rescue operations in a heavily damaged residential building following a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on 17 June 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Picture: Genya SAVILOV/AFP

Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least 12 civilians and injured more than 120 others. In the eastern Donetsk oblast, or province, systematic shelling and glide bombs killed six non-combatants and wounded 44 others.

(Reuters) -Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labelled as "industrial refrigeration units" to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions,

Russian drone and missile strikes hit the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Kharkiv overnight into Thursday, damaging historical landmarks and residential infrastructure.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has tasked officials with preparing a contract for the sale of Ukrainian drones to the United States worth between US$10 and US$30 billion. Source: Zelenskyy during a meeting with journalists on 24 July,