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From AI to interceptors, Ukraine is trying to drone-proof its skies
Key takeaways
- Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Watch: Ukraine's P1-SUN interceptor reaches speeds of more than 300km/h (186mph)This week, with air raid warnings wailing in the distance, Kyiv held a funeral for two sisters.
- 12-year-old Liubava and her 17-year-old sister Vira were among 24 civilians killed by a Russian missile which reduced their residential block to rubble earlier this month.
- This is the human cost of the largest sustained Russian aerial assault so far – with 1,500 drones and 56 missiles fired at Ukraine within 48 hours.
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Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Watch: Ukraine's P1-SUN interceptor reaches speeds of more than 300km/h (186mph)This week, with air raid warnings wailing in the distance, Kyiv held a funeral for two sisters.
12-year-old Liubava and her 17-year-old sister Vira were among 24 civilians killed by a Russian missile which reduced their residential block to rubble earlier this month. They had already lost their father who had been fighting on the front line. Their grieving mother is now the family's sole survivor.
This is the human cost of the largest sustained Russian aerial assault so far – with 1,500 drones and 56 missiles fired at Ukraine within 48 hours.
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