UK intelligence: Russia likely using information-gathering balloons in Ukraine

Russia is likely using balloons to gather information about Ukraine’s defence systems and force it to use up ammunition by shooting them down, the latest UK intelligence update on the war says.

The UK Ministry of Defence said that on February 12, Ukraine’s air force sighted a number of balloons near the eastern city of Dnipro.

Ukrainian armed forces also said that on Wednesday, they spotted and shot down several balloons over Kyiv.