The Geran-5 features US parts such as digital signal processors and clock generators, along with a Chinese jet engine and $8,100 modem, GUR said.

"(Ukraine) needs more missiles, more air defense," Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding that aside from U.S.-produced Patriot PAC-3 missiles used against Russian ballistic missiles — whose numbers have increased significantly — "nothing else works.

Kremlin-installed authorities in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine say Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged energy networks.

Russia launched a barrage of drone strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight on Monday, cutting off power in five regions across the country amid freezing temperatures and high demand, Ukrainian officials said.

With the sides far apart on key issues as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-year mark, analysts say the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II is unlikely to end in 2026.

Ukraine’s Air Force: 167 out of 201 UAVs were shot down and jammed. The attack is still ongoing, there are hits and falling debris.

Up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed every month, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said this week.

Ukraine is using drone-based kill zones and attrition tactics to exhaust Russia’s offensive, forcing Moscow to adapt with robots and small-unit assaults.

"The Russian people are increasingly feeling the effects of the Kremlin's continued prioritization of the Russian defense industrial base."