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A man stands near a boat moored along a beach on the Caspian Sea coast in Sorkhrud in Iran's northern Mazandaran province on March 24, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
May 9, 2026, 10:02 pm
Russia said to be sending Iran drone parts via Caspian Sea, bypassing Hormuz blockade
According to New York Times, shipments could help Tehran quickly restock its drone arsenal amid ceasefire, while evading both sanctions and tense routes through Persian Gulf
By ToI Staff
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky listens to a journalist's question during a joint press conference with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov (not pictured) in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
April 10, 2026, 3:45 pm
Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Mideast amid Iran war, Zelensky says
Leader reveals Ukrainian personnel used nation’s own interceptor drones, developed to repel Russian attacks, to defend several countries in exchange for weapons, fuel and money
By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and HANNA ARHIROVA
In this photo released by the Iranian Army on August 25, 2022, a drone is launched in a military drone drill in Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)
March 27, 2026, 5:44 am
Cheap and elusive, drones put incessant pressure on Israel’s evolving air defenses
As Iran and Hezbollah deploy waves of low-cost UAVs, Jerusalem turns to layered defenses, lessons from Ukraine and emerging technologies to meet the threat
By Stav Levaton
Two men walk on a pier at the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, December 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 25, 2026, 3:03 pm
Russian-Iranian arms smuggling route said cut off by Israel’s Caspian Sea strikes
Heavily sanctioned countries regularly transfer arms and food supplies across the inland sea, assisting each other with production of the Shahed drones they both favor in war
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A policeman inspects the wreckage of a drone in downtown Dubai on March 12, 2026. (AFP)
March 18, 2026, 8:38 am
Russia sharing satellite imagery and drone technology with Iran – report
Moscow said providing its own domestically produced components to improve strike capabilities of Iranian Shahed drones; White House says support not making any difference to war
By ToI Staff
The IDF’s first operational Iron Beam high-power laser air defense system, displayed during a handover ceremony at a Rafael Advanced Defense Systems facility, December 28, 2025. (Defense Minister's Office)
March 16, 2026, 7:07 pm
Surge in drone attacks sharpens focus on laser defense
Large initial investment in systems like those being developed by Israel, China and Ukraine could help shrink cost of interception to just ‘pennies per shot,’ says one designer
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the submarine 'Le Temeraire' at the nuclear submarines' Navy base of Ile Longue in Crozon, France, March 2, 2026. (Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP)
March 9, 2026, 8:41 am
Macron heads to Cyprus as Europe rallies around island after drone attack
Macron bolstering French military presence, drone and missile defenses around Cyprus ahead of talks with Cypriot and Greek leaders
By Sylvie Corbet and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
US President Donald Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands during a press conference following talks at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 28, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
March 6, 2026, 12:19 am
US asks Ukraine for assistance in shooting down Iranian Shahed drones in Middle East
Zelensky says Kyiv will provide ‘necessary means’ and ‘Ukrainian specialists’ to assist in defending against Iranian drones, which Russia has also used to pummel his country
By Agencies
The main gate of Britain's RAF Akrotiri base is seen after it was hit by a suspected drone strike early morning near Limassol, Cyprus, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
March 3, 2026, 12:39 pm
France to send anti-drone systems to Cyprus after British base attack – report
An Iranian Shahed drone crashed into the runway at RAF Akrotiri, a British sovereign base, in one of two drone incidents there on Monday
By Reuters
A Ukrainian officer shows a thermobaric charge of a downed Shahed drone launched by Russia in a research laboratory in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
November 16, 2024, 12:27 pm
Russian plan mixes deadly thermobaric drones among swarms of decoys launched at Ukraine
Warheads create high-pressure vortex that penetrates walls; sucking out all oxygen in their path, they can cause collapsed lungs, crushed eyeballs, brain damage even outside blast site
By Emma Burrows, HANNA ARHIROVA and Lori Hinnant
Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch holds a fragment of a Russian drone that damaged the Chabad-run Perlina school in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 30, 2024. (Courtesy Kyiv Jewish Community via JTA)
October 31, 2024, 11:45 am
Kyiv Jewish school damaged in Russian drone strike
Chabad-run community says nobody was harmed at school, though 9 were hurt nearby, but direct hit caused extensive damage to classrooms, the school shuttle and the student lounge
By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks to media representatives while standing in front of an F16 fighter jet during Ukrainian Air Forces Day at an undisclosed location on August 4, 2024. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)
August 26, 2024, 3:19 pm
Ukraine’s Zelensky urges Europe to help down Russia’s missiles and Iran-made drones
President appears to compare situation to Tehran’s attack on Israel in April and appeals for similar regional coalition, made up of European countries, to protect Ukraine
By AFP and ToI Staff
This image published by the Syrian state-run SANA news agency shows damage to a building in an Israeli strike in the Damascus suburb of Kafr Sousa, July 14, 2024 (SANA)
July 14, 2024, 11:05 am
IDF says it hit Syrian military facilities in response to drones targeting Eilat
Military targets command center and air defense units, says it holds Damascus regime responsible for air assault; Syria’s army reports one soldier killed, three injured
By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters
Iranians attend the funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel, in Tehran on April 5, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 6, 2024, 5:57 am
Iran said to decide on direct response to Syria strike, put its forces on full alert
Israel and US readying for ‘significant’ retaliation to alleged IDF attack that killed 7 IRGC members, including generals; CBS says Tehran may attack with swarm of explosive drones
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: This undated photograph released by the Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine. (Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate via AP, File)
August 19, 2023, 9:48 am
Ukraine says 15 Iranian-made drones launched by Russia shot down overnight
Ukrainian air force reports 17 Shahed UAVs were used in aerial assault, doesn’t specify what happened to the other two
By AFP
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