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Russian Shahed flies nearly 900km in deepest drone strike on Ukraine

Alex Webber
 19.08.2026, 14:17
The latest strike suggests that Russia has significantly upgraded the Shahed drone to nearly double its operational reach. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
The latest strike suggests that Russia has significantly upgraded the Shahed drone to nearly double its operational reach. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia is apparently probing to find blind spots in Ukraine’s air defenses.