In eastern Ukraine, medics face increasing challenges as evacuations become more dangerous due to drone warfare.

While Ukraine has been developing hundreds of "iron soldiers" for combat, evacuation, and scouting, Russia is testing its own ground-based drones too.

Russian missile and drone strikes have killed several civilians, including children, in one of the most intense waves of attacks on

Ukraine is claiming it has sunk a Russian merchant ship for the first time using drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were launched against the port of Olya in the Caspian Sea on Friday, with the 5,200-dwt multipurpose Port Olya-4 (bult 2014) also a target. The vessel was alleged to be carrying Iranian weapons components for Russia.

At least seven people were killed in an overnight Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as President Zelenskyy travels to Washington to meet with President Trump and other European leaders.

As the threats of drones in war grow, Ukrainian forces are strapping anti-air missiles to decades-old planes for defense.

Vasyl Malyuk, head of Ukraine's internal security service, said his team relied on corrupt customs officials to smuggle the drones into Russia.

The strike disrupted train traffic through the Lisky station, halting the supply of ammunition and troops to aid Russian forces fighting on Ukrainian territory, according to the source.