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Vivid Cancels Shows After 89 Drones Plummet Into Darling Harbour: ‘It Sent People Running’

"You could hear them physically crash and smash onto the cement marina."

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Drone show fail at light spectacular brings safety risk

The annual Vivid Festival has suffered something of a fall from grace after a stack of drones cascaded into a harbour following a technological glitch.

AAP

Vivid Sydney cancels shows after 83 drones plunge into Darling Harbour

Event organisers blame ‘unforeseen technical difficulties’ for the drone malfunction, with four performances cancelled

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Russia says it will hit Kyiv military sites over attack

Russian forces say they will launch a "series of ‌systematic strikes" against Ukrainian army facilities in Kyiv ‌and warn ‌foreign ⁠citizens to leave the city.

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Russia threatens fresh Kyiv strikes, warns foreigners to leave

Russia said Monday it would intensify strikes on Kyiv, targeting what it called Ukraine’s “decision-making centres”, and urged foreign diplomats and civilians to evacuate the capital. The warning followed a weekend barrage of drones, missiles and hypersonic weapons that killed four people, as Moscow vowed retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian…

France 24

True scale of UK’s prison drug crisis revealed as deaths hit record high

Exclusive: Chief inspector of prisons demands ministers to get a ‘grip’ on the crisis as tactics for smuggling lethal substances into jails have escalated to drones that can deliver up to 11kg of drugs at a time

The Independent UK

Putin tells the world Ukraine war is almost over, then switches from drones to Russia’s most powerful weapon in new attack

Russia claims it was a retaliation for a strike.

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Scientists want to send a roly-poly robot filled with 'dandelion drones' to investigate hidden tunnels on Mars

Engineers are increasingly turning to the concept of "biomimicry" for the next generation of Mars robots.

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Zelenskyy visits damaged Kyiv sites after Russian missile and drone assault

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited damaged buildings and the Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv after a major Russian missile and drone attack that killed at least two people and wounded dozens.

Euronews

Drone attacks raise fears as Colombians vote to elect a new president

Gladys Marín is unsure if she will vote in Colombia's presidential election due to safety fears

The Independent UK

Russia strikes Kyiv with drones and hypersonic missile, in photos

Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday that killed at least two people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, marking its third use in the war.

The Independent UK

Forensic experts sift through drone hit dormitory

The final death toll from a drone attack on a teacher training college in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian Luhansk region stands at 21.

AAP

Drone breaks world speed record with 453 mph in test run — exotic sawtooth carbon fiber propeller blades one of the key advances in the Blackbird design

A YouTuber duo unofficially broke the world record using a custom-made carbon fiber propeller blade that featured exotic sawtooth leading edges. The first test ended in a disaster, though, after the drone lost contact and crashed at 393 mph.

Tom’s Hardware

Putin launches huge attack on Ukraine with high speed missile and 600 drones after threatening revenge

At least four people died and dozens more were injured in the deadly attacks on the Kyiv region

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Evening Standard

Missile attacks on Ukraine demonstrate Putin’s ‘weakness’, Cooper says

Russia launched a wave of missiles and drones overnight into Sunday, with Kyiv the main target.

Tom’s Hardware

Researcher develops 'spray-on' stealth coating for drones — volcanic rock formulation claims to reduce radar return signals by up to 43dB, compared to 20 to 30dB for typical radar absorbent material

Users can easily spray on this radar absorbent material on any drone to increase their survivability in contested skies.

The Times of India

Watch: Hypersonic Oreshnik strikes in blinding flash as Russia unleashes massive barrage on Kyiv

Kyiv endured a massive overnight aerial assault, with Russia deploying over 700 drones and 50 missiles, including the hypersonic Oreshnik. The barrage, described as one of the war's most intense, struck government buildings and residential areas, causing casualties and widespread damage. Russia stated the strikes targeted military facilities in retaliation…

Radio France Internationale

'Wiped out': Ukraine's bird lovers long for peaceful skies

When Viktor Sevidov looked up to the sky above Ukraine's war-scarred landscape, he was not watching out for incoming missiles or drones. Instead, he was looking for birds.

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The Independent UK

How Ukraine and Russia’s drone war spread into Europe as Putin ‘hijacks’ Kyiv’s weapons in mid-air

IN FOCUS: Ukraine has developed unprecedented drone technology after being invaded by the Russian superpower, but now Moscow appears to be using the aircraft against Kyiv, threatening to cause chaos in Europe, reports Maira Butt

The Economic Times

Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in mass attack on Kyiv

Russia deployed the Oreshnik hypersonic missile in a large-scale drone and missile assault on Kyiv. The attack resulted in at least two fatalities and 83 injuries. Buildings across the Ukrainian capital sustained damage. This incident highlights Ukraine's air defense missile shortages. Russia claims the strike retaliated for Ukrainian attacks on…

Euronews

At least four killed after massive Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Sunday that Russia had used the powerful nuclear-capable Oreshnik medium-range missile in its overnight attack, as well as hundreds of drones and dozens of other missiles.

The Times of India

School, residential buildings hit as Russia pounds Ukraine capital Kyiv with missiles, drones; 4 dead

Russia launched a massive overnight missile and drone assault on Kyiv early Sunday, striking residential areas, a school and commercial buildings across the Ukrainian capital, killing at least four people.

Bangkok Post

Russia strikes Kyiv again, massive missile and drone attack

KYIV - Russia ⁠struck Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Sunday with a massive wave of missiles and drones that damaged residential buildings and schools, killing ‌at least four people, officials said. Explosions reverberated through the city shortly after 1am local time.

France 24

Macron, EU’s Kallas condemn Russian attack on Ukraine with Oreshnik ballistic missile

French President Emmanuel Macron and the European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Sunday condemned Russia’s use of a nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile in its massive overnight attack on Ukraine. While Macron said the strikes targeting civilians signalled “the dead end of Russia’s war of aggression”, Kallas accused…

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