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Ukraine: The Latest

Russia arming drones with thermobaric 'lung-busting' warheads

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

War, Russians, Daily News, News, History, Society & Culture, Jets, Documentary, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia-ukraine Conflict, Guns, Tanks, Army, Vladimir Putin, Russia

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Day 986.

Today, as Moldova resists alleged Russian meddling in Sunday's presidential vote, we report on how Russia is arming drones with thermobaric 'lung-busting' warheads, according to a leading Forensic Research Institute.


Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.


Content Referenced:

Russia Deploys Deadly New Weapon in Drone Race With Ukraine (Newsweek)

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-drones-shahed-race-deadly-new-weapon-1979040


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0:00.0

I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest.

0:06.6

Today, as Moldova resists alleged Russian meddling in the weekend's presidential vote,

0:12.2

we hear how Moscow may be attaching thermobaric warheads to its shehead drones.

0:18.4

Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

0:28.0

The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear our unshakable

0:33.7

support of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine.

0:39.9

Nobody's going to break us.

0:42.3

We're strong.

0:43.4

We're Ukraine is.

0:45.3

It's Monday, the 4th of November, two years and 260 days since the full-scale invasion began.

0:51.1

And today, I'm joined by senior foreign correspondent Roland Oliphant.

0:55.8

I began with the latest news from the battlefield. Now, the weekend was characterized by waves of

1:04.3

Russian drone attacks. Most were shot down. Many of the rest were brought down by electronic warfare. Some returned to

1:14.9

Belarus and Russia, but some, and the numbers I'm talking about, that means many, did get

1:19.8

through leading to casualties across the whole country, but essentially mainly from an arc

1:24.4

from the north, in, say, to Sumi Oblasts, around through the east, from Harcive and Donets, down to the south.

1:30.9

And Zaporizian hares on.

1:32.8

Now, I'll give you some kind of idea of the scale of this constant bombardment.

1:35.8

Let's take a snapshot on the drones.

1:38.2

So drones fired by Russia at Ukraine.

1:41.5

Last night, 80, Saturday night, 96, Friday night, 71. So that's 247 drones,

1:51.8

Shahid and others, mainly Shahid, but 247 drones launched by Russia at Ukraine since our last

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