Ukraine Boosts Anti-Drone Defenses, Launches Drone Production

0:00This is your UK News Update for February 26, brought to you by NordVPN. If you use public Wi-Fi or care about your privacy online, NordVPN helps keep your connection. Secure across all your devices, links in the episode description. Ukraine is accelerating the installation of anti-drone nets along front-mine roads to shield against Russian attacks. Officials aim to protect 4,000 kilometers by the end of this year, with an extra $37 million allocated from the budget. Coverage has already sped up from 5 kilometers per day in January to 12 in February, and they plan 20 kilometers daily this month. Early Thursday, explosions rock central Kiev after air raid alerts, as air defenses counter drones and missiles heading for the capital. Similar strikes hit Karkeev, Zapodizija, where one person was wounded, and Krivyy Rick, injuring an 89-year-old man and sparking a fire in a high rise. Diplomats from Ukraine met U.S. representatives in Geneva, on Thursday, to discuss post-war

1:04recovery plans and prisoner exchanges ahead of trilateral talks with Russia next week. Russia sent its own envoy, too, though earlier sessions in Abu Dhabi and Geneva yielded no major progress as the war drags into its fifth year. President Zelensky explained that repairs to the Druzeba pipeline, vital for Russian oil to Eastern Europe, faced delays from repeated strikes near, Odessa, despite pressure from the EU, Hungary and Slovakia. Meanwhile, Ukraine lost its first drone production facility in Britain to secure manufacturing away from frontline threats. Switzerland announced the full ban on Russian-liquified natural gas imports, starting April 25, aligning with EU sanctions and offering A, transition for existing contracts through year's end. These steps highlight Ukraine's push to safeguard routes and supplies, while navigating talks and global support. These steps highlight Ukraine's push to safeguard routes and supplies, while navigating talks and global support. These steps highlight Ukraine's push to safeguard routes and supplies, while navigating talks and global support. These steps highlight Ukraine's push to safeguard routes and supplies, while navigating talks and global support. These steps highlight Ukraine's push to safeguard routes and supplies, while navigating talks and global support.