Ukraine's growing fleet of new high-speed interceptors is downing Russia's fastest attack drones

A Russian Geran-5 drone, filmed by a Wild Hornets interceptor.

Wild Hornets/Screengrab via X Ukraine is building out its fleet of new high-speed interceptor drones.

The interceptors are designed to engage Russian jet-powered drones like the Geran-5.

Russia has significantly ramped up its use of these drones, posing a challenge for Kyiv.

Ukraine is building and fielding a growing fleet of new high-speed interceptors to hunt down Russia's fastest attack drones as Kyiv looks to fill gaps in its air defenses.

Ukrainian company Wild Hornets said on Monday that a tactical air defense unit used the firm's new Sting S interceptor to shoot down a Russian Geran-5 jet-powered drone.

A Wild Hornets spokesperson told Business Insider that it was one of several Geran-5 drones shot down over the last few days, along with roughly a dozen slower Geran-4 jet-powered models.

The interceptions mark the first results from combat testing for the new interceptor, an evolution of Wild Hornets' popular bullet-shaped Sting drone , the spokesperson said.

They added that the company will begin mass production after the trial period wraps up.

Most of the Russian drones destroyed during combat testing were eliminated by interceptors that were operated remotely through the company's "Hornet Vision Ctrl," the spokesperson said.

This technology allows Sting pilots to work hundreds of miles from the launch point in a safe location.

The upgraded Sting interceptor is one of several systems that Ukraine is pursuing.

On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared footage of what he characterized as a new interceptor developed by an unnamed manufacturer and "successfully deployed" by the SBU, the country's main internal security agency.

This interceptor features a delta-wing airframe similar to older Geran models, such as the Geran-2 .