Ukraine79 of 165 Russian drones in one night were jet-powered.
A teardown of a captured drone found the Geran-4 flies up to 8 km, twice as high as propeller-driven Shaheds.
Ukraine’s defence intelligence says Russia built a new airframe because the Shahed-136 structure could not survive high-speed flight.
Overnight into Monday, air defences downed or suppressed 112 of the 165 drones, the Air Force said.
Hits were recorded at 14 locations.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone
- reconstructs Geran-4 engineering: purpose-built airframe for high-speed maneuvers (predecessor's structure insufficient for G-loads); increased strain on Ukrainian air defense
Sources: The War Zone