Ukraine ‘has laser weapon that can shoot targets at altitude of over 2km’

Reuters reports that Ukraine’s drone forces commander claims to possess a laser weapon capable of shooting down airborne targets at an altitude of more than 2 kilometres (1.2 miles). Vadym Sukharevskyi did not provide any more details in his first official remarks about the existence of the weapon and Reuters said it was unable to verify his statement.

“Today we can already shoot down aircraft at an altitude of over 2 km with this laser,” he was quoted as saying by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.