According to France 24, Russia's aerial campaign against Ukraine combines drones, ballistic and cruise missiles—with Iranian-designed Shahed drones at the core, growing faster, more sophisticated, and increasingly numerous. Since last summer, Ukraine has deployed an aerial response: interceptor drones that meet these threats in the sky. Correspondent Gulliver Cragg spent a day with the teams defending Eastern Ukraine's skies with these new weapons.

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