{"id":30360,"date":"2026-09-29T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=30360"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:11:12","slug":"how-russias-ballistic-missiles-jet-powered-drones-have-kept-ukraine-under-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=30360","title":{"rendered":"How Russia&#8217;s ballistic missiles, jet-powered drones have kept Ukraine under pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134570837,imgsize-217522,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/smoke-rises-in-the-aftermath-of-a-russian-jet-powered-drone-strike-amid-russias-attack-on-ukraine-in-kyiv-ukraine-september-28-2026.jpg\" alt=\"How Russia's ballistic missiles, jet-powered drones have kept Ukraine under pressure\" title=\"Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026.\">Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia&#8217;s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Russia launched ballistic missiles and several jet-powered drones at Kyiv, Ukraine&#8217;s air force reported on Tuesday, as Moscow tries to force Ukraine to crumble under round-the-clock bombardment of its capital and other cities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The assaults have involved new jet-powered drones that fly too quickly and too high for Ukraine&#8217;s ground-based air defences to bring down. Kyiv is racing to keep up by developing faster interceptor drones.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;Russia&#8217;s terror against Ukraine is intensifying by the day,&#8221; Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>&#8220;This is Russia&#8217;s deliberate escalation instead of accepting Ukraine&#8217;s offers to cease fire, negotiate and end the war,&#8221; he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Russian ballistic missiles have also penetrated Ukrainian defences, because the country is critically short of US-made Patriot interceptor missiles.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Ukraine has been dependent on American supplies of Patriot air defence systems, but its stockpiles are running low due to the war in Iran, leaving the country vulnerable to Russian attacks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>According to AP, Ukraine has received only limited quantities of Patriot missiles this year, despite President Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#8217;s appeals.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Russia&#8217;s defence ministry said its forces struck data processing centres in Kyiv which, it claims, serve the Ukrainian military, an army that is making growing use of artificial intelligence on the battlefield.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The ministry also listed other targets: sites in the capital and the Kyiv region where drones and cruise missiles were kept, along with an electrical substation, a drone manufacturing facility and port infrastructure in the southern Odesa region.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>However, Ukraine has not simply endured the Russian barrage. Its long-range drones have hit Russian missile and drone factories and launch sites, as well as oil refineries, which has led to fuel shortages.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Europe seeks self-sufficiency<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>In late August, the UK government agreed to allow defence company MBDA to declassify information on British-made components used in the Scalp missile, the French version of the UK&#8217;s Storm Shadow cruise missile.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>The move enabled Ukraine and France to work towards establishing assembly lines in Ukraine and allow Kyiv to produce the long-range weapon domestically.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>The Scalp missiles are expected to serve as alternatives to the American Patriots, as Europe tries to overcome its dependence on the US for its defence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>British PM Andy Burnham said the allies were doing &#8220;everything we can&#8221; to support Ukraine, including drawing from their own air defence stocks and helping other countries do the same.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>&#8220;This is the moment to keep up the pressure on Russia, the moment to squeeze their ability to fund this illegal war,&#8221; he said, while chairing his first meeting of the \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d group, in late August.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/europe\/how-russias-ballistic-missiles-jet-powered-drones-have-kept-ukraine-under-pressure\/articleshow\/134570814.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia&#8217;s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026. 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