Radioactive Russian Drones - A Conversation with Vitaly Shevchenko

Global Security Briefing by The Royal United Services Institute

Oct 7, 202640:23News & Politics

Vitaly Shevchenko of BBC Monitoring joins Natia Seskuria to explore the implications of a radiation warning found on a downed Russian drone. In April 2026, Ukrainian air defences shot down a modified Russian Geran-2 stri...

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