"A 'shahed' was hit successfully, but some aspects of controlling the interceptor still need to be refined. The work continues – it will take some more time," Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X.

The drone, long and sleek with four fins and a rear-mounted engine, whistled in low like a small jet.

Ukraine has 'successfully tested' new interceptor against Russian jet-powered drones, Zelensky says ・Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv, killing at least 1, injuring 12 ・Russia suffers over 300,000 military losses in Ukraine since start of 2026,

As Ukraine attacks Russian Baltic Sea oil shipping ports, some of its drones have missed their targets and led to security warnings in neighbouring countries. In the case of Latvia, it led to a govern