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2026-07-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Over the past six months, air defense forces have shot down more than 63,000 Ukrainian drones over Russia

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Posted by badanov 2026-07-01 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1824 views ] Top

1 A lot of the drones were successfully intercepted by oil facilities and military production plants, too.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-07-01 06:10|| 2026-07-01 06:10|| Front Page Top

2 "Hey, how's about you and him go back behind the barn and have a good fist fight?"

Posted by Besoeker 2026-07-01 06:45|| 2026-07-01 06:45|| Front Page Top

3 Problem is, the Ukes sent about 70k drones over.
There's a reason it's called a swarm.

Posted by ed in texas 2026-07-01 11:03|| 2026-07-01 11:03|| Front Page Top

4 You might go so far as to say the Ukraine is being used as a proving ground for the next generation of weapons systems.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-07-01 13:04|| 2026-07-01 13:04|| Front Page Top

5 I suspect The Center For Lessons Learned at a in Kansas is monitoring the conflict hourly.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-07-01 13:32|| 2026-07-01 13:32|| Front Page Top

6 ^I suspect you all will soon be surprised.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-07-01 14:09|| 2026-07-01 14:09|| Front Page Top

7 A meaningless number. But just for giggles, according to Grok:

"In May 2026 alone, Ukraine reported shooting down/neutralizing over 57,000 aerial targets, including ~5,053 Shahed-type attack drones + tens of thousands of other UAVs."

Posted by Megabyses 2026-07-01 16:15|| 2026-07-01 16:15|| Front Page Top

8 The takeaway from this article is that the Ukrainians were able to build or buy more than 63,000 drones in six months.

Posted by Matt 2026-07-01 17:05|| 2026-07-01 17:05|| Front Page Top

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