Putin claims that Ukraine has no ‘antidote’ to Russia’s new jet-powered drones. Kyiv has already shown it can shoot them down, but doing it at scale could cost billions.

Putin claims that Ukraine has no ‘antidote’ to Russia’s new jet-powered drones. Kyiv has already shown it can shoot them down, but doing it at scale could cost billions. — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/putin-claims-that-ukraine-has-no-antidote-to-russia-s-new-jet-powered-drones-kyiv-has-already-shown-it-can-shoot-them-doContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Putin Claims Ukraine Lacks Antidote for New Jet Droneshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/putin-claims-that-ukraine-has-no-antidote-to-russia-s-new-jet-powered-drones-kyiv-has-already-shown-it-can-shoot-them-dohttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/putin-claims-that-ukraine-has-no-antidote-to-russia-s-new-jet-powered-drones-kyiv-has-already-shown-it-can-shoot-them-do#u94840Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:40:24 +0000Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that Ukraine possesses no remedy against Russia's newly deployed jet-powered drones, which are turning Kyiv into a daytime war zone. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported an overall drone interception rate of 70 percent, though the success rate drops to between 55 and 57 percent specifically for the faster jet-powered variants. While Ukrainian engineers have tested jet-powered countermeasures and successfully intercepted models like the Geran-5 traveling at 425 kilometers per hour, scaling up these defenses to counter the faster threat