{
  "id": 6785932,
  "title": "“Credit to the Russians, they know how to scale,” Ukrainian military spokesperson says. Ukraine’s jet-drone interceptors show early promise, but harder job ahead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/credit-to-the-russians-they-know-how-to-scale-ukrainian-military",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T17:24:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/11/credit-to-the-russians-they-know-how-to-scale-ukrainian-military-spokesperson-says-ukraines-jet-drone-interceptors-show-early-promise-but-harder-job-ahead/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine is making progress in developing home-built interceptors to combat Russia's fast jet Geran. Serhii Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, reported early positive results from these interceptors during an appearance on Radio NV. The main challenge now is producing enough interceptors to match the speed at which Ukraine down's slower drones. These interceptors are crucial as they can help prevent the Russian Geran drone, which is capable of strategic damage, from causing further harm. With four Ukrainian companies already conducting field trials for these interceptor drones and 67 firms working on mass production, Ukraine aims to close the sky to both fast and slow drones. Bratchuk attributed Russia's success to their ability to scale up weapon production, and he believes Ukraine can follow suit, drawing on their own experiences with rapid production.",
  "summary": "Scaling them up to match Ukraine's success against slower drones is the real test.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}