Russia arming drones with thermobaric 'lung-busting' warheads
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 4 November 2024
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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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