Ukrainian drone strikes have heightened anxiety across Moscow ahead of this year’s May 9 parade on Red Square, where President Vladimir Putin will be watching with other leaders.

The Defense Forces of Ukraine have shot down 80 Russian drones, while 42 additional enemy UAVs were lost from tracking. — Ukrinform.

Either intentionally or unintentionally, these users miscaptioned the footage, however. In reality, the video appeared on the internet on or around April 29, 2025, and depicted a Russian drone exploding over Ukraine, not an Indian drone Pakistani forces shot down. We know this based on the following observations.

Western militaries are trying to develop drones capable of operating in the Arctic, where there's growing rivalry between the West, Russia, and China.

The Russian Su-30 — a multi-role fighter jet with an estimated value of $50 million — was engulfed in flames mid-air before crashing into the sea, where the ruthless domain of Neptune

FLIR states that rather than using one-time use drones, future conflicts will need loitering munitions that are recoverable and reusable.

The U.S. Marine Corps announced the creation of an attack drone team to ensure Marines remain 'adaptive' and 'lethal' in modern warfare.

Russian forces attacked settlements in the Kharkiv region throughout the day on May 11. In the evening, they struck the village of Baranivka. A drone hit a car, injuring two residents, reports the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

Russia’s best drone unit just flew an un-jammable attack drone at least six miles behind the front line in eastern Ukraine and blew up one of the Ukrainian army’s precious High-Mobility ...