Ukraine has interceptor-drone prototypes, but it does not yet have confirmed production at the scale demanded by a rapidly expanding threat. The country’s Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief has assigned manufacturers tasks and deadlines to improve and accelerate high-speed interceptor drones after Ukraine’s Air Force reported more than 2,

Now, Russia has changed tactics with the use of fast-flying, jet-powered drones, and the expectation that daylight brings a return to normal life has been shattered.

There were long lines at gas pumps, turning each fill-up into an ordeal.

The war that President Vladimir Putin unleashed on Ukraine 4½ years ago has come home and is harder to ignore. Nightly swarms of drones closed Russian airports, struck oil refineries or set ablaze the warehouses of retail giants Wildberries and Ozon.

Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot missiles has left Kyiv with few options to protect its citizens during another winter of escalating Russian air strikes.