The report notes the footage shows a Czech-made Moravan Z-137—a turboprop crop duster—outfitted with missile pylons carrying Soviet-era R-73 air-to-air missiles. This upgrade, the journalists suggest,

Russia has launched a new bid to exert control over the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson by threatening key access roads with its drones and trying to split it in two by striking a vital bridge.

Russian forces have attacked Ukraine with 104 Shahed loitering munitions, decoy drones of various types and eight high-speed (jet-powered) drones since the evening of 7 August. Ukrainian air defence has managed to down 82 aerial assets,