(Reuters) -Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labelled as "industrial refrigeration units" to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions,

A Ukrainian soldier told BI that the thermonaric warheads have gotten bigger, while a first responder said Russia is using them more frequently.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has come under another nighttime drone attack. Strikes have been recorded in the city of Kryvyi Rih, fires have broken out and residential buildings, a private business, an industrial facility and a school have been damaged.

It’s a drone war. We are prepared for it,” said Timur Shagivaleyev, head of Russia’s Alabuga drone factory, as stacks of black Geran UAVs waited in Soviet-era assembly halls. Such swagger is not unwarranted.

Ukrainian units have been uploading clips of their FPV drone attacks on Pyongyang's rocket launchers, which are designed with their missiles exposed.

A railway hub in Novocherkassk used by the Russian military and defense-industrial complex came under an attack, said Andrii Kovalenko, an official at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday renewed his offer to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of progress were low as delegations prepared to hold another round of talks.

Moscow wants to be able to deploy 2,000 drones in a single strike, according to the assessment of a senior German military official.