The Independent
· collected 2026-09-15 · by Maira Butt and Bryony Gooch
Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had recorded some success as it tests a new weapon to intercept Russian drones.
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Ukraine’s military said its forces had downed 187 airborne targets overnight, with Ukraine’s president reporting 93 per cent of all Russian drones had been intercepted.
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But, of course, more is needed," he said.
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"Another development is undergoing testing.
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“It's a Ukrainian development and it scored a hit, the 'shahed' was destroyed," Zelensky said in his nightly video address, referring to the Iranian-designed drones that Ukraine's military has faced.
"But some technical things still need to be refined.
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We need a bit more time.
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The work of other developers is continuing."
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It comes as Vladimir Putin’s war continues to spread past Ukraine’s borders, with Denmark accusing Russia of firing flares “within metres” of a military helicopter.
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Defence minister Jeppe Bruus said no warning or radio contact was made before the warship fired the flares.
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Moscow accused Danish military helicopters of making “dangerous” manoeuvres near its warships in the Baltic Sea and handed an official note to Copenhagen on the incident, Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, is reported to have said, according to RIA.
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Zelensky says new anti-drone weapon being tested
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine was carrying out tests on a new weapon to intercept drones and had recorded a successful hit overnight.
"Another development is undergoing testing.
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It's a Ukrainian development and it scored a hit, the 'shahed' was destroyed," Zelensky said in his nightly video address, referring to the Iranian-designed drones that Ukraine's military has faced.
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"But some technical things still need to be refined.
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We need a bit more time.
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The work of other developers is continuing."
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Ukraine's military said on Facebook that its forces had downed 187 airborne targets overnight.
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In his remarks, Zelensky said 93 per cent of all Russian drones had been intercepted overnight.
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But, of course, more is needed," he said.
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Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has rapidly developed anti-drone technology and now offers its expertise to other countries, including some in the Middle East that have faced Iranian strikes.
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It has focused on developing interceptors as an efficient and cheaper means of intercepting drones.
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Ukrainian forces have had more difficulty downing Russian ballistic missiles and have asked Western allies to step up supplies of interceptors.
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Kyiv is also pressing for the rapid development of a European-designed air defence system, known as Freyja.
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Drone shot down over Nato member Lithuania appears Russian, say sources
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An Italian fighter jet deployed on a Nato mission shot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace on Tuesday that "most probably" came from Russia, Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto said.
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Authorities in Lithuania, a Nato and European Union member, said on Tuesday they were still investigating the origin of the debris.
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A Ukrainian military source said the debris in the images appeared to be from a Geran-2, a long-range attack drone widely used by Russia.
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If confirmed, it would be the first known instance of a Russian military drone entering Lithuania since last summer, when two Russian drones accidentally crashed in the country.
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The drone entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus, a Russian ally.
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Zelensky says Russian drones attacked Moldova twice while he was in transit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday that Russian drones attacked Moldovan airspace twice while he was in the country aboard his aircraft in transit.
Zelenskiy told the US television network CBS that he was in Moldova on Ukraine's western border, at Chisinau airport, on his way to and from a trip abroad when the incidents occurred.
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In Moldova, my presidential jet was there and that's why they attacked Moldova, the airspace of Moldova.
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Maybe they didn't want to attack me personally...," Zelensky said.
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"When we came back home, again through Chisinau, again they did the same."
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On 9 September, a Moldovan government spokesperson said the departure of Zelensky's aircraft for Norway was delayed as Moldovan authorities closed the country's airspace over a drone alert.
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Two Russian drones entered Moldovan airspace on that day.
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One landed in a field north of the capital, triggering a fire, while the second carried on into Romanian airspace.
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Zelensky had not previously spoken of the second incident.
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Moldovan authorities said two drones entered the country's airspace on Monday, September 14 for about 10 minutes each over the space of an hour before noon local time.
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On Sunday, a Russian drone hit a passenger train on Ukraine's border with NATO member Poland, shortly after former British prime minister Boris Johnson and other European diplomats had used the same line.
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No casualties were reported.
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Russia accuses Danish military helicopters of making dangerous manoeuvres near its warships, RIA reports
Russia has accused Danish military helicopters of making dangerous manoeuvres near its warships in the Baltic Sea, according to Russia’s RIA state news agency.
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