Ukraine moves to field 1,000 interceptor drones per day amid nightly Russian launches

This was announced by Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal at a press conference with Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz in Kyiv on September 18, a reporter for Suspilne says.

Ukraine needs at least one thousand interceptor drones per day to counter the roughly 800 drones Russia can launch overnight. Shmyhal said he could not disclose how many interceptor drones Ukraine currently has.

“This is a large system; its implementation takes some time. But we are confidently moving toward this goal according to schedule,” Shmyhal said.

He explained that the challenge is not producing the drones themselves but providing ground control complexes, radars and other elements that use artificial intelligence for targeting.