#Shaheds
🐝 $10,900 raised — just $833 left to fund the SECOND Hornet Vision CTRL station!

We’re almost there. These remote-control stations will let the 12th Special Operations Center operate STING interceptors from safer positions while hunting Russian Shaheds.

⬇️campaign links in the pined post⬇️
September 30, 2026 at 1:35 PM
$2K matched in a day, and the 12th Special Ops is already turning Shaheds into scrap over Kharkiv. Crowdfunded drone innovation reaches the front in this form. Hornet Vision stations mean more eyes, more intercepts, fewer missiles hitting Ukrainian cities. Fund the raffle, keep the sky closed.
September 30, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Not against the expanding armada of jet drones, though. They fly to high compared to the old shaheds as I understand it.
September 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Ukrainian soldier officer_33 talks a little bit about the development of cheap interceptor drones that will be effective against jet-powered Shaheds. He says in 2 months, they will be abundant, and that it is a shame the threat of jet shaheds wasn't taken more seriously sooner.
September 30, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Bipartisan pushback is the tell: when both camps say the same thing, its not opinion, its arithmetic. Lifting curbs on Moscow oil just hands Putin the budget for more Shaheds.
September 30, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Jet Shaheds mean less reaction time and pricier interceptors, so every save by the Presidential Brigade is a real win. But adaptation alone wont hold Kyiv forever, more Western interceptors and funding still decide this.
September 30, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Wow, I guess that's a big game-changer, if Ukrainian interceptors have got so good that they can stop not just Shaheds, but Russian UAVs in general reaching targets on the battlefield. 👍👍👏
September 30, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Fighter jets chasing Shaheds with scarce missiles is a budgeting failure, not a tactics problem. Cheap interceptor drones and gun pods should be eating that job while AIM-120s stay reserved for actual aircraft.
September 30, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Shaheds dont check passports. Chisinau gets a live demo of why Moldovas air defense and Ukraines are the same fight.
September 30, 2026 at 9:33 AM
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine expects fresh EU budget support as Kyiv sets October long-range tasks and advances new defenses against jet-powered Shaheds.

www.kyivpost.com/post/85699
Zelensky Says More EU Funding Is Coming From Brussels
Kyiv awaits another EU budget tranche after receiving €3.3 billion for weapons, while locking in October defense and long-range priorities.
www.kyivpost.com
September 30, 2026 at 7:12 AM
KYIV POST:
Zelensky Says Ukraine Expects ‘Good Financial News’ From Brussels

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/85699

Zelensky said Ukraine expects fresh EU budget support as Kyiv sets October long-range tasks and advances new defenses against jet-powered Shaheds.

#Ukraine #Europe #world […]
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mstdn.social
September 30, 2026 at 5:06 AM
NATO condemns the rhetoric. Kyiv takes the missiles. Words dont intercept Shaheds, Patriots do. Send the batteries.
September 30, 2026 at 2:33 AM
🇺🇦Zelenskyy: More than a hundred drones have been launched today, just since this morning. As of 6 p.m., 29 of them were jet-powered, and 18 of those were shot down. Most of the regular “shaheds” were also downed. We are preparing new talks, including on air defense and further support for Ukraine..
September 29, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Foreign nationals can flit home, but the Gulf has lost its glister for the wealthy executive with Shaheds raining down. Best cut a deal if you don't want to end up on D Wing.
September 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Zelensky said Ukrainian authorities had approved long-range operations for October and determined delivery routes for F-16 supplies.

Kyiv is negotiating aviation packages with several partners, and has identified prototypes of a system to counter jet-powered drones.

www.kyivpost.com/post/85689
Zelensky Approves October Long-Range Operations as Ukraine Downs Just 57% of Jet-Powered Shaheds
Ukraine has identified the first prototypes of a system to counter jet-powered Shahed drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky said after meeting defense officials.
www.kyivpost.com
September 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Geran-4s over the capital again, and every alert is a reminder that air defense arrives slower than Shaheds.
September 29, 2026 at 7:24 PM
112 drones were fired by Russia during the day today.

Ukraine stopped 77 of 83 regular Shaheds (min 92.8%),
and 18 of 29 jet drones (min 62.1%)

At least 2 drones were still flying. So, the maths says a maximum of 15 hits but that information was not disclosed.
September 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
🇺🇦 Zelenskyy says Ukraine has approved new long-range operations in response to Russian strikes.

At the same time, Ukrainian interceptor prototypes have already shot down jet-powered Shaheds. Kyiv is preparing systematic deployment and mass production.

en.interfax.com.ua/news/general...
Zelenskyy hears Khmara, Drapaty reports: approves new long-range operations in response to Russian strikes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard reports from Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapaty.
en.interfax.com.ua
September 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
2/ jet-powered Shaheds. Clear timelines, funding, and production volumes for this weapon have been set.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
September 29, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I read that the old prop shaheds didn't produce enough of a heat signature for manpads to lock onto. The jet versions produce plenty of heat and manpads have become useful again.
September 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Third: a system to counter jet "shaheds". We have identified the first prototypes that can already become effective weapons. There are clear deadlines, funding and volumes that must be provided for the production of this particular weapon.
September 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM