Drones
Battling Under a Canopy of Russian and Ukrainian Drones
Members of Ukraine's 1st Separate Assault Battalion describe themselves as firemen. Their job is to rapidly deploy to areas along the front that are in danger of collapse. Lately, their service has been in high demand: the front is burning. A large-scale counter-offensive last year failed to achieve meaningful victories, and since then Russia has been on the attack. One of its priorities appears to be Kupyansk, a city in northeastern Ukraine, some twenty miles from the Russian border.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 774
Ukraine's military said that fighting around the front line city of Chasiv Yar was "difficult" and "tense" but that its forces were resisting Russian air and infantry attacks. Ivan Fedorov, the head of Ukraine's southern Zaporizhia region, said three people died in the town of Huliaipole after their house was hit by a Russian shell. A woman was killed in a Russian attack that hit an apartment block in Kupiansk, in the northeastern Kharkiv region. In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, five people were injured in a Russian attack. In Russia, meanwhile, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said one woman was killed after shrapnel from a shot-down Ukrainian drone hit a car.
Desperate Zelenskyy warns 'Ukraine will lose the war' if Congress does not send more aid
Video captures the moment and aftermath of what appears to be a drone, allegedly of Ukrainian origin, striking a Russian drone production facility. Russian officials said that only a worker's dormitory was hit. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored the U.S. to approve more military funding for his country on Sunday, warning that Ukraine would "lose the war" without it. Zelenskyy predicted that if Ukraine falls, Russia will move to invade "other states" next. Republicans in Congress have held up further military payments to Ukraine for months, pointing to the well over 100 billion the U.S. has already sent.
Russia says Ukraine attack hits Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Ukraine has struck the dome above a shutdown reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, the plant's Russian-installed administration said. It was not immediately clear what weapon was used in Sunday's attack against the nuclear plant, which was taken by Russian forces shortly after their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, although the Russian state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom said the site had come under a drone attack. Radiation levels were normal and there was no serious damage after the attack, according to the plant's officials. But Rosatom later said that three people had been wounded, specifically in a drone strike near the site's canteen. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has experts at the site, said it had been informed by the Russian-run plant that a drone had detonated at the site and the information was "consistent" with IAEA observations.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 772
The Ukrainian military launched a swarm of drones at the Morozovsk airbase, which it claimed destroyed six Russian warplanes, significantly damaged eight other jets, along with killing or injuring 20 members of the Russian military base. Russia said its air defences downed 53 Ukrainian drones โ the majority of which targeted the southern Rostov region โ and only a power substation was damaged. An overnight Russian drone strike on Kharkiv killed six people and wounded 11 others, according to officials in Ukraine's second largest city. Ukraine said Iranian-made Russian drones carried out the attack, hitting multiple high-rise buildings, dormitories and a petrol station. Pro-Russian separatists in Moldova claimed that an explosive drone hit a military base under their control close to the Ukrainian border, targeting a radar station that suffered minor damage.
Securing the Skies: An IRS-Assisted AoI-Aware Secure Multi-UAV System with Efficient Task Offloading
Joshi, Poorvi, Kalita, Alakesh, Gurusamy, Mohan
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are integral in various sectors like agriculture, surveillance, and logistics, driven by advancements in 5G. However, existing research lacks a comprehensive approach addressing both data freshness and security concerns. In this paper, we address the intricate challenges of data freshness, and security, especially in the context of eavesdropping and jamming in modern UAV networks. Our framework incorporates exponential AoI metrics and emphasizes secrecy rate to tackle eavesdropping and jamming threats. We introduce a transformer-enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) approach to optimize task offloading processes. Comparative analysis with existing algorithms showcases the superiority of our scheme, indicating its promising advancements in UAV network management.
Moldova's Russia-backed Transnistria region claims drone attacked military unit
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. State security services in Moldova's Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria said Friday that a drone attacked a military unit close to the border with Ukraine, causing minor damage to a radar station but no casualties. The incident occurred in the region of Rabnita, about 4 miles from the Ukraine border, the region's state security ministry said, adding that a criminal investigation has been opened. They did not say who they thought was behind the alleged attack.
Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli military said Friday that it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission, saying the officers had mishandled critical information and violated the army's rules of engagement. The findings of a retired general's investigation into the Monday killings marked an embarrassing admission by Israel, which faces growing accusations from key allies, including the United States, of not doing enough to protect Gaza's civilians from its war with the militant Hamas group. The findings are likely to bolster widespread skepticism over the Israeli military's decision-making.