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News & Current Events Apr 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM

Russia says it downed 148 Ukrainian drones in three hours

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Russia says it downed 148 Ukrainian drones in three hours
The Straits Times
Russia says it downed 148 Ukrainian drones in three hours
Emergency crews were restoring power to nearly half a million households affected by outages linked to the attacks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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sparrowtaco Apr 5, 2026 +175
>officials said emergency crews were restoring power to nearly half a million households in outages linked to air attacks That's some potent falling debris.
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Postmeat2 Apr 6, 2026 +77
Well, they say they've shot down 148 drones (and might have, tbf), but they never said how many Ukraine actually *sent*.
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AuDHDino Apr 6, 2026 +13
God I wish it was 148 thousand. Ukraine should drone swarm every valid target they can. F*** Russia, f*** putin
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crookdmouth Apr 6, 2026 +29
Did they intercept them with the drones targets?
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essuxs Apr 6, 2026 +20
All were intercepted. Some by missiles, some by anti drone warfare, some by power plants and oil refineries
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WoodSage Apr 6, 2026 +7
It’s not unrealistic for russia to down 148 drones but if for example 200 were launched this means 52 connected.
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Mc0014 Apr 6, 2026 +1
Scary this needs explaining
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PRESIDENTG0D Apr 6, 2026 +121
Whenever you see “Russia says” or “Trump says” you know you’re dealing with accurate, factual, reliable information
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No_Signal_6969 Apr 6, 2026 +32
Russia, Iran and Trump are all competing for gold at the Bullshit Olympics 
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Sir_Tea_Of_Bags Apr 6, 2026 +6
And even then, Trump is still cheating because he comes with extra stashed in his diapers.
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vdek Apr 6, 2026 -3
But when you hear “Iran says” you know you’ve got the facts, amirite?
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this_dust Apr 6, 2026 +1
Lately it’s been less ridiculous than US/Putin/Bibi
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biscuitarse Apr 6, 2026
They were truthful about the bombing of the girl's school, while Hegseth and Trump initially lied.
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Intro-Nimbus Apr 6, 2026
Have they admitted it now? Last I heard the tomahawk could have been fired "by anybody"...
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Intro-Nimbus Apr 6, 2026 -2
What is really scaring me because it puts cracks in the foundation of my world view, is that Iran's government statements is more credible than USA's government statements... USA, what the hell did you do?!
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Jernhesten Apr 6, 2026 +25
Nah. If there is one thing Ukraine has on their side it is integrity. Not compared to many other European states, but compated to USA/Russia absolutely.
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Obvious_Hyena_6716 Apr 6, 2026 -17
Wasn't Ukraine ranked as the most corrupt country globally prior to Putin invading?
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Brok3n_ Apr 6, 2026 +7
[No](https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021)
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LilyBelle504 Apr 6, 2026 +3
They're in the middle... 104 of 182 rankings according to Transparency org...
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FeelingKind7644 Apr 6, 2026 +10
Stay silent bumblebee
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GoodVibrations77 Apr 5, 2026 +35
Ukraine sees your 148 drones shot down and raises you with a refinery strike.
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donniedarko5555 Apr 6, 2026 +5
Their new tactic is to send hundreds of drones in a swarm in the "safe area" behind the russian front lines and destroy command posts and weapons depots that were mostly safe prior to this new tactic. They revealed it after Russia got cut from starlink
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draivaden Apr 5, 2026 +41
Russia should stfu and leave Ukraine alone 
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asdhjasdhlkjashdhgf Apr 5, 2026 +20
according to plan.
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Kawakid69 Apr 6, 2026 +17
Russia says alot of things
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No_Signal_6969 Apr 6, 2026 +7
Oh okay, how many hit though?
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KiwiPieEater Apr 5, 2026 +42
Yawn. Ukraine is downing 2000 russian drones a day and inflicting 35,000 russian casualties a month. russia is so incompetent compared to an actual power.
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Exact-Ad-3717 Apr 6, 2026 +5
Sounds more like ukraine hit 148 targets with drones imo, these drones were coming down on purpose.
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Deedogg11 Apr 6, 2026 +8
Yet their refinery is burning. Smoking accident. . .
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bmarvin35 Apr 5, 2026 +8
Always trust Russia
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I-Have-An-Alibi Apr 6, 2026 +3
Pffffft yeah ok
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SmugCapybara Apr 6, 2026 +3
148 out of how many? If it was 150 drones total, then that's impressive. But I am guessing it's more like me saying I killed 50 ants in my back yard...
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Uranus_Hz Apr 6, 2026 +5
Ukraine can build a lot of drones very quickly, and very cheaply.
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Dude-Good Apr 5, 2026 +6
Sure they did
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Mlmmt Apr 5, 2026 +10
I mean, to be fair, they did not say how many drones there were total that they shot down 148 of, for all we know it might have been 148/200, 148/500, or 148/1000 lol
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mad-data Apr 6, 2026 +6
They aso don't say what shot down the drone. When the drone hits a refinery, Russia counts it as shot down by its very intended target.
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Opening_Cartoonist53 Apr 6, 2026 +3
That's not the flex you think it is. Imagine us bragging it's shooting down that many drones a day against Iran in as many years
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Hungry_Shake6943 Apr 6, 2026 +2
how much did it cost you vs. how much did it cost them tho
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Fallouttgrrl Apr 6, 2026 +2
You don't know them, the debris goes to another school
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Illustrious-Job-6390 Apr 6, 2026 +2
I COMPLETELY trust what the Russians say...... Lmao
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Under_Over_Thinker Apr 6, 2026 +2
Russia is running low on its anti air missiles these days. Regions are begging Moscow for more munitions.
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ScuBityBup Apr 6, 2026 +1
And I am a woman with 3 children from 4 baby daddies
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ImmediateWinner4522 Apr 7, 2026 +1
yeah but how much longer can they afford to intercept with oil refineries?
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postsshortcomments Apr 5, 2026 +1
With all of these lost drones, tankers, and refinery production "that no one can afford to pay for" I wonder how much of the Pacific garbage patch they could have cleaned up over their lifespan.
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Jernhesten Apr 6, 2026 +2
War is incredibly wasteful. The answer is the entire thing many, many times over.
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SilentBumblebee3225 Apr 6, 2026 +1
That’s a daily thing. I don’t think there was a single day this year with less than 100 drones on each side.
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