Interceptor Drones vs Shaheds: Inside Ukraine’s Night War (video)

05/22/2026

Shaheds fly somewhere above us in the dark. We hear them long before we can spot them.

We spent a night near the frontline in Kharkiv region with a Ukrainian interceptor drone unit hunting aerial targets over the Kupyansk direction — from reconnaissance drones to Russian-Iranian Shaheds flying beyond the reach of traditional anti-aircraft weapons.

Modern aerial warfare is evolving fast. Jet engines. Radar-evading coatings. Higher altitudes. Faster targets.

And hunting them at night is anything but easy.