Russian drone strikes on Odesa early June 17 injured 13 people, including one child, regional authorities reported.

Ukraine is fighting against Rusisa's advanced fiber-optic drones that can't be jammed, and soliders have to use old-fashioned weaponry to stop them.

Drones make it nearly impossible for Russia to sustain frontline troops, disrupting assault plans, with Rarog fighters alone killing up to 30 Russian soldiers a day. "Our unit alone destroyed so many infantrymen,

Austria is famously neutral and Vienna has come under heavy criticism since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war for maintaining ties with Moscow.

Russia said its overnight missile and drone barrage struck the large Kremenchuk oil refinery in central Ukraine, which was previously targeted by Kremlin forces in 2022.

Russia said on Friday it had conducted large-scale tests of new laser-based systems to defend against drones. A government statement described the new technology as "promising" and said it had been tested against various types of drone in different weather conditions.

Russia’s government said Friday that it tested new anti-drone laser systems that it hopes to incorporate into a larger air defense network. First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov attended the trials alongside officials from the Industry and Trade Ministry,