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Russia's military said that its air defence units had intercepted or shot down 326 Ukrainian drones over a number of regions overnight.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Local authorities said air defences shot down 59 drones overnight and that three different districts of St Petersburg had been hit, although no one was killed.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The U.S. shot down three of the drones and conducted what they said were “self-defense strikes” on Iranian military ground control stations on Qeshm Island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Central Command, after Iran shot down a U.S. drone.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

She was a squadron commander and a veteran; she’d been shot down and wounded twice and had spent six months in the hospital.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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