Ukrainian drone strikes have heightened anxiety across Moscow ahead of this year’s May 9 parade on Red Square, where President Vladimir Putin will be watching with other leaders.

Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv that he will be in Ankara on Thursday to conduct the negotiations. He plans to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the two will wait for Putin to arrive, he said. Zelenskyy said that if Putin chooses Istanbul to hold the meeting, then both leaders will travel there.

Russia on Friday paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square in what state TV said was a first.

The Russian Su-30 — a multi-role fighter jet with an estimated value of $50 million — was engulfed in flames mid-air before crashing into the sea, where the ruthless domain of Neptune

Russia’s best drone unit just flew an un-jammable attack drone at least six miles behind the front line in eastern Ukraine and blew up one of the Ukrainian army’s precious High-Mobility ...

On May 2, 🇺🇦 GUR’s Group 13 made history — for the first time ever, a fighter jet was destroyed by a naval drone. A Russian Su-30 hit by a Magura V5 exploded mid-air near Novorossiysk and sank to the depths. $50M down to Neptune. pic.twitter.com/Tqv4nzbFhk

The U.S. Marine Corps announced the creation of an attack drone team to ensure Marines remain 'adaptive' and 'lethal' in modern warfare.

FLIR states that rather than using one-time use drones, future conflicts will need loitering munitions that are recoverable and reusable.

Western militaries are trying to develop drones capable of operating in the Arctic, where there's growing rivalry between the West, Russia, and China.