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MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia should start producing previously banned midrange missiles, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, as Moscow warned the United States that drone reconnaissance flights over the Black Sea risked a "direct" military clash. The call to bolster Russia's military arsenal came days after Moscow angrily blamed Washington for a Ukrainian strike on the annexed Crimean peninsula that it says used US-supplied ATACMS missiles equipped with cluster munitions, killing four. Russia has pledged a tough response to what it calls increased US involvement in the conflict. In a televised addr...
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Washington (AFP) - A leading US maker of advanced military surveillance drones announced Wednesday that it was willing to sell two to Ukraine for just $1, and called on the US government to approve the deal. General Atomic Aeronautical Systems said it had been urging Washington for months to provide Ukraine its powerful Grey Eagle and Reaper drones, which US forces have used to great effect in surveillance and targeted attacks over Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones. It said the drones, which can fly long distances at mid-altitudes, are one of the most obvious, force-enhancing t...
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Washington (AFP) - Deployed on a scale never seen before to carry out both surveillance and strikes, drones ranging from small commercially-available models to larger aircraft have become a defining feature of the Ukraine conflict. Drones have been a part of warfare for years, employed extensively by the United States during the "War on Terror," and they have played important roles in conflicts including in Iraq and in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. But the degree to which they are being used by both sides in Ukraine -- and the benefits they bring, as well as the threats they pose -- highlights ...
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Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia on Monday said more than 60 soldiers were killed in a Ukrainian strike on Russian-controlled territory in a New Year assault, the biggest loss of life reported by Moscow so far. Kyiv took responsibility for the strike, which it said took place in the occupied city of Makiivka in eastern Ukraine on New Year's Eve. In a rare announcement that followed criticism by Russian military correspondents, the defence ministry in Moscow said 63 Russian servicemen were killed "as a result of a strike by four missiles" in Makiivka. It was the biggest loss of life reported by th...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday it has not "encouraged" Ukraine to strike into Russia after drone attacks on bases widely seen as carried out by Kyiv. "We have neither encouraged nor enabled the Ukrainians to strike inside of Russia," Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters. "But the important thing is to understand what Ukrainians are living through every day with the ongoing Russian aggression," he said, accusing Russia of "weaponizing winter" through attacks on civilian infrastructure. Blinken vowed "our determination to make sure that they have in their hands -- ...
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Washington (AFP) - FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday the agency is investigating several cases in which people sought to fly drones equipped with home-made bombs within the United States. "We are investigating, even as we speak, several instances within the US of attempts to weaponize drones with homemade IEDs," Wray told a Senate hearing, referring to improvised explosive devices. Wray said the threat of widely available drones has risen quickly with rapid technological advances "in terms of their visibility, the speed with which they can move, the distance with which they can move,...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the "Star Wars" film series, announced Thursday his support for a fundraising drive to buy drones for Ukraine as it battles "the evil empire." Hamill is the latest celebrity ambassador to back Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's UNITED24 fundraising platform, which was launched following Russia's invasion. The actor, who as Skywalker used his X-wing spacecraft to disrupt the diabolical "Galactic Empire," will specifically spearhead a project to provide drones to the Ukrainian army. "I know for certain that Ukrainians need drone...
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Ankara (AFP) - Whether in Syria, Libya or Azerbaijan, Turkey's combat drones have scored high-profile successes that Ankara hopes to use in its quest to become a premier exporter of the aerial vehicles. Besides their proven ability to take out enemy tanks, analysts said drones also offer Turkey a chance to beef up its spheres of influence through an increasingly assertive foreign policy. In Syria, Turkey used armed drones to avenge the deaths of dozens of soldiers and halt the advance of regime forces in the northwestern province of Idlib. In Libya, the unmanned craft flew to the aid of Turkey...
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