{
  "id": 9785035,
  "title": "Russia's faster Shaheds could rival ballistic missiles this winter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/russias-faster-shaheds-could-rival-ballistic-missiles-this-winter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T14:44:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/russias-faster-shaheds-could-rival-ballistic-missiles-this-winter-2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A few months ago, the only particularly serious threat to Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities came from Russian and North Korean ballistic missiles. As the Ukrainian mil-tech industry and air defense units perfected their ability to intercept the common \"Shahed\" drones (now officially called Geran-2, although Ukrainians stick to the original Iranian name), raising the shoot-down rate to 90–95%, a…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}