Ukraine knocks Putin drones out of Kyiv night sky with electronic warfare weapons in five-hour battle

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Ukraine knocks ****** drones out of Kyiv night sky with electronic warfare weapons in five-hour battle

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zapped or shot down a wave of

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unleashed by

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launched multiple drone strikes targeting the Ukrainian capital early on Monday.

Air defence units successfully defending the city during the ******* which lasted over five hours, Ukraine’s military said.

Numerous blasts were heard over the Ukrainian capital in what sounded like air defence systems in operation and objects were seen being hit in the air.

All the drones that Russia launched at Kyiv were either destroyed by defence systems or neutralised by electronic warfare, said Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration.

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Ukrainian service personnel use searchlights as they search for drones in the sky over the city centre during Russian drone strikes (REUTERS)

According to preliminary information, there were no casualties and no damage reported, he added.

The *** has provided hundreds of counter-drone electronic warfare systems to Ukraine but it was not clear if any of them are being used to defend Kyiv.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said drone debris fell by a residential building with emergency services working on site.

The Ukrainian air force said on Monday that it shot down 67 out of 73 drones and one of three missiles launched by Russia during the *******.

Governor Ruslan Kravchenko reported no damage to critical or residential infrastructure in the region surrounding the capital. He said that the ******* caused fires in five districts of the region, but there were no casualties.

Mykolaiv governor Vitaliy Kim said the ******* caused a ***** at a critical infrastructure facility in the southern region.

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and Ukraine throughout September, targeting Ukraine’s energy, military and transport infrastructure in attacks which have ******* dozens of civilians.

Britain has developed weapons to counter drones and

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, including some than can fly more than 900 miles.

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also launched a mass drone ******* on

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earlier this year, which *******, after the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus was targeted in an air strike which ******* senior military commanders.

Drones are cheap to manufacture, in warfare terms, so one of the key attributes of defensive systems is that they must also not be costly.

The *** is developing the Radio Frequency Directed Energy ******* (RFDEW) which beams radio waves to disrupt or damage the critical electronic components inside drones.

It has an estimated cost of 10p per radio wave shot.

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