Modern warfare: Ukraine racing to develop new interceptor drones

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 05:02 Issued on: 09/09/2026 - 16:00 In recent weeks, Russia has been deploying jet-powered Shahed-type drones against Ukraine, presenting a new challenge for Ukrainian air defences. Kyiv is now working to develop interceptor drones capable of matching their speed and bringing them down. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg is in Kielce, Poland, at one of Europe’s largest arms fairs. He is joined by Roman Hapachylo, CEO of DoD Solution, one of the companies developing these technologies.