Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi tells BBC in a rare interview that his unit accounts for a third of all targets destroyed on the battlefield.
Russia launched a major drone attack on Ukraine on the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, wounding 14 in Odesa and killing 2 in the Russian-held Kherson region.
Russia fires over 600 drones at Ukraine overnight, killing seven including five in Dnipro where an apartment building was hit; Ukraine retaliates with ultra-long-range drone strikes reaching Yekaterinburg, 1,600km away.
BBC reports a major Russian military strike on Ukraine has killed at least seven people, raising concerns of further escalation.