"Russia's new high-speed attack drones are increasingly appearing on the battlefield, but Ukrainians said they've already destroyed some with cheap interceptors. Serhii Sternenko, the leader of a volunteer organization specializing in donating drones to Ukrainian units, said on Sunday that the Sting - a locally built interceptor drone - successfully destroyed several jet-powered attack drones. "A bit of a historic achievement," wrote Sternenko in his Telegram channel. He published a photo that appears to show the back of a jet-powered Geran-3 in the sky, indicating that the footage was captured by an aircraft fast enough to catch the Russian drone."
"On Sunday, Ukraine's General Staff said in a description of a monthly briefing for officials that Russia had already deployed 138 of the new uncrewed aerial systems. This turbojet drone is the Geran-3, Russia's domestic version of the Iranian Shahed-238 long-range loitering munition. With an estimated top speed of 230 mph, the Geran-3 flies much more swiftly than its propeller-driven predecessor, which the Kremlin has been using to hammer Ukraine in large waves over the past year. The Geran-2, modeled after the Shahed-136, flies at around 115 mph and is now the foundation of Moscow's bombardment strategy."
Ukrainian teams have adapted locally built Sting interceptor drones to engage and destroy some of Russia's new Geran-3 jet-powered attack drones. Russia has deployed 138 Geran-3 uncrewed aerial systems, a turbojet variant based on the Iranian Shahed-238, with an estimated top speed of 230 mph. The Geran-3 is substantially faster than the propeller-driven Geran-2, which flies about 115 mph and underpins large-wave bombardment tactics. Russia frequently launches mass-produced drones in swarms paired with decoys to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses, prompting rapid Ukrainian technical and tactical adaptation.
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