Russia is using faster jet-powered drones to attack Ukraine

New, high-speed Russian drones are flooding the battlefield, forcing Ukraine to rethink how it defends its skies.

Russia is now using a new kind of drone in its war against Ukraine. These drones have jet engines. They fly twice as fast as the older models Ukraine is used to fighting. At first, people thought these new drones might be too fast to stop. There were concerns that Ukraine’s current defense systems couldn't keep up. Despite this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces are still doing a good job. He claims they are successfully shooting down more than half of these new jet-powered drones. Even with these successes, the sheer number of drones is a major problem. Russia is sen…