{"id":29207,"date":"2026-09-11T01:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T22:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=29207"},"modified":"2026-09-11T01:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T22:18:01","slug":"protydiia-reaktyvnym-dronam-rf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/protydiia-reaktyvnym-dronam-rf\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy: Ukraine needs time and resources to counter Russian jet-powered drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine needs time, technological assistance from its allies and funding to counter Russian jet drones. At a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Calgary, he said that 60 companies are working on interceptor systems, but their large-scale production requires resources.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ukraine is developing weapons to engage high-speed jet-powered UAVs.<\/li>\n<li>Sixty companies are working on these solutions.<\/li>\n<li>When the threat first emerged, there was a shortage of tools designed for such purposes.<\/li>\n<li>Kyiv is offering its allies the chance to share expertise on countering drones.<\/li>\n<li>Funding is required for the large-scale production of interceptors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Jet-powered drones have become a particular problem due to the speed of the targets<\/h2>\n<p>The issue of Russia\u2019s use of <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/reaktyvni-shahedy-yak-ukraina-hotuietsia-zbyvaty\/\">jet-powered \u00abshahids\u00bb<\/a> <strong>Zelensky<\/strong> raised the issue during a conversation with the Canadian Prime Minister. The President described them as part of Russia\u2019s escalation and linked them to the strikes which, he said, Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/podviynyy-udar-ttc-kryvyi-rih\/\">strikes shopping centres<\/a>, railways, the energy sector and ports in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy stated that, when this new threat first emerged, Ukraine did not have sufficient means to destroy high-speed targets. He said that this issue would be resolved.<\/p>\n<p>The President also described the Russian attacks as a \u00abRussian terrorist war\u00bb.<\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine is counting on technology and funding for interceptors<\/h2>\n<p>According to the head of state, 60 companies are working on solutions to combat jet-powered drones. He emphasised that the development and implementation of such measures take time.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine is ready to share its experience in countering drones with its partners, Mr Zelenskyy said. At the same time, Kyiv needs technology and assistance in developing interceptors for jet-powered UAVs.<\/p>\n<p>The President specifically emphasised the need for funding: the technologies alone are not enough, as thousands of drones need to be produced to counter jet-powered drones. Zelenskyy called on partners to work together on this every day.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will share its expertise with its allies and requires their technology to intercept jet-powered drones.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":29206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u043c\u0456\u043d\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c \u0456\u0437 \u0441\u043e\u044e\u0437\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0443\u0454 \u0457\u0445\u043d\u0456\u0445 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0456\u0439 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u043f\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432.","rank_math_title":"\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u043f\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0456 \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0411\u041f\u041b\u0410: \u0449\u043e \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u044f\u0454 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29209,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29207\/revisions\/29209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}