{
  "id": 4831859,
  "title": "Russia fired over 2,800 drones at Ukraine in August amid war tactic change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/russia-fired-over-2-800-drones-at-ukraine-in-august-amid-war-tactic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T09:49:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/russia-fired-over-2-800-drones-at-ukraine-in-august-amid-war-tactic-change"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia launched over 2,800 jet-propelled drones at Ukraine in August. These drones, known as the Geran-4 and Geran-5, are a new generation of Russian drones that are harder to shoot down due to their speed and number. According to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, drone attacks have been constant, with many of them being jet-powered.\n\nThe jet-powered drones have caused massive damage in and around the capital, Kyiv, and have been used to target various facilities such as warehouses, gas stations, and factories. Ukraine is urgently trying to develop interceptors capable of countering these new drones.\n\nThe mass deployment of the jet-powered drones has accelerated over the past two months, with about 1,500 used in July and over 2,800 in August, according to reports from France 24 and Egypt Independent.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Former Ukrainian president has made offer to Zelenskyy amid Russia’s new type of war on Kyiv",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/former-ukrainian-president-has-made-offer-to-zelenskyy-amid-russias",
        "published": "2026-09-01T09:58:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Russia says strike moratoriums would delay end of war against Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/russia-says-strike-moratoriums-would-delay-end-of-war-against-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-09-01T11:04:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}