{"id":78933,"date":"2026-05-04T10:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/inside-the-old-skydiving-plane-hunting-drones-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:08:58","slug":"inside-the-old-skydiving-plane-hunting-drones-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/inside-the-old-skydiving-plane-hunting-drones-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside The Old Skydiving Plane Hunting Drones in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">Inside this old skydiving plane, a crew of Ukrainian volunteers is hunting down Russian drones. Russia is sending thousands of its one-way attack drones into Ukraine every month. Many are shot down, but the country\u2019s air defenses can\u2019t stop them all. On the side of the fuselage here, they\u2019ve mounted this American-made machine gun that\u2019s capable of firing up to 3,000 rounds per minute, or 50 rounds per second. And they\u2019re picking off drones one by one. It takes about $500 of ammunition per drone kill \u2014 a bargain considering that the Iranian-designed Shahed drones are mass-produced for tens of thousands each, and surface-to-air missiles to counter them can run into the millions. It\u2019s a cost-effective way to combat the new threats of modern warfare. \u201cAnd came out right here. So someone\u2019s sitting here.\u201d \u201cYeah.\u201d \u201cAnd that shrapnel came out right here.\u201d For nine months, Valerey Slipkan has lived on this remote airstrip waiting for missions. After losing his son in the first days of the full-scale invasion, he moved into a trailer on the landing field, and began transforming this old skydiving plane for war. Since mid-2025, Ukraine has allowed and even encouraged civilians exempt from military service to fight drones. Valerey is the only one in the crew with combat experience. Although they are all volunteers, they take their orders from Ukraine\u2019s air defense coordinators. Long waits for missions at a safe house near the airfield have strengthened their bond as a team. Drones aren\u2019t just the most lethal weapon in Ukraine, they are redefining modern warfare. This year, Iran responded to Israeli and U.S. attacks by sending waves of drones across the Middle East. The Gulf\u2019s glitzy cities, once considered a safe haven, suddenly woke up to the threat of cheap, but effective drones. Now, nations are turning to Ukraine for expertise \u2014 from interceptors to armed helicopter units, its anti-drone arsenal, forged by necessity, is among the most effective in the world. \u201cAnd so these mark all of the drones that you\u2019ve downed?\u201d \u201cYeah, actually we have also this comma. So you can identify how much we did per flight. Valerey\u2019s co-pilot is an aerobatic world champion who once won millions performing seemingly impossible stunts. Timur now flies this Soviet-era AN-28 that had been used as a civilian skydiving plane before Russia\u2019s invasion. \u201cHere\u2019s the door gunner.\u201d Their drone kill count is still just a drop in the bucket against the tens of thousands Russia has launched. However, Timur sees this experimental unit as a blueprint that Ukraine can scale. He\u2019s building his own personal fleet of drone-fighting aircraft to prove a human touch is still needed to kill machines. As a father of five, he\u2019s also exempt from service. But he sold his business and poured his winnings into the project. \u201cYou said it\u2019s important for you to shoot these things down over unpopulated areas.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a law for us. Sometimes we have to accompany it for five or seven minutes. Overfly populated area, then we\u2019re able to shoot it down.\u201d \u201cWould you do this job if you had to point your weapon at a human being?\u201d \u201cWell, I definitely prefer to kill machines.\u201d It\u2019s 1 a.m. The team gets an alert. Drones have been launched across Ukraine. They rush to the airstrip and ready the plane for takeoff. Then they\u2019re told to stand by. \u201cAnd then it either could be command to take off and do the mission, or we have command standby.\u201d So some nights can be like this. Whatever was seen on radar can be lost. Or they\u2019re told to stand down and over and over and over again. They have to do this. They\u2019re on call 24\/7. \u201cI\u2019m constantly reminding myself that it\u2019s good \u2014 we\u2019re not flying, it means there\u2019s no massive attacks. It\u2019s exhausting, but it\u2019s part of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/world\/europe\/100000010837657\/inside-the-old-skydiving-plane-hunting-drones-in-ukraine.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside this old skydiving plane, a crew of Ukrainian volunteers is hunting down Russian drones. 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