The modified Shaheds comes as Ukrainian interceptor drones are logging a growing number of drone kills.

Romania says a Russian drone hit a block of flats in the country, which it calls a "grave escalation". Vladimir Putin has responded - and explained why he said the Ukraine war is coming to an end. Follow the latest on the conflict and the NATO response to events in Romania.

The strike on Friday, near the Ukrainian border, was the first to injure civilians in Romania, officials say. But drones from the nearby war have been a growing threat.

U. S. forces launched defensive strikes Wednesday against a military facility inside Iran after intercepting multiple attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz, according to American defense officials.

Ukraine's defense leadership has said that it is already working on a way to counter Russian jet-powered drones.

A Ukrainian drone attack killed three utility ⁠workers ⁠in a Russian-controlled part of ⁠Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Thursday, the Kremlin-installed head of the region ​said. The workers, a repair crew for the water supply company,

Russian President Vladimir Putin on ​Friday ordered his military to prepare options to retaliate against Ukraine for what he described as a drone attack on a student ‌dorm that killed six people and wounded dozens,

A Russian drone hit the roof of an apartment building in the city of Galați in Romania, near the border with Ukraine and Moldova.