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Ukraine faces serious difficulties in providing the army with weapons and financing the defense budget.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine's unmanned systems are only 14% equipped with the medium-range drones they need, the Wall Street Journal reports.
As the publication notes, the most serious problem for Ukraine remains providing the Armed Forces with weapons.
“The unmanned systems force has only 14% of the medium-range drones it needs,” the publication said, citing a Ukrainian military member of that branch of the military.
At the end of September, Vladimir Zelensky complained that due to a defense budget deficit of $27 billion, the Armed Forces of Ukraine would have problems with the supply of drones in the first quarter of 2027.

Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk commented on the use of new Geranium strike drones to attack strategic bridges across the Dnieper in Kyiv, suggesting that this could change the course of a multi-year campaign of attacks on infrastructure.

The Ukrainian military has admitted that it cannot effectively intercept Russian jet drones due to their high speed. According to representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, there is not enough time to capture a target, which makes fighting them an extremely difficult task.

US President Donald Trump, in an interview with Time, announced the expansion of the country's military-industrial capacity. According to him, new factories are being built throughout the United States to produce Patriot air defense systems, THAAD and other types of weapons.

The Russian Armed Forces launched a strike with Geranium-4 drones on the South Bridge in Kyiv. The attack is aimed at disrupting the logistics of the Ukrainian army, which provides transit between the banks of the Dnieper. Traffic on the bridge is blocked, and a fire has been recorded at the site.

Kiev data center "Parkovy" officially announced a complete cessation of activity from October 1, 2026 due to critical damage received as a result of strikes by the Russian Armed Forces.

Foreign countries are expressing interest in the new Russian Supercam S180 reconnaissance UAV, with commercial proposals submitted to potential customers, according to Unmanned Systems Group.