{"id":265892,"date":"2025-07-29T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ukraines-volunteer-air-defense-to-combat-drone-attacks-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:05:12","slug":"ukraines-volunteer-air-defense-to-combat-drone-attacks-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ukraines-volunteer-air-defense-to-combat-drone-attacks-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s volunteer air defense to combat drone attacks |\u00a0DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/54uFiQZF8Nk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine's volunteer air defense to combat drone attacks |\u00a0DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/54uFiQZF8Nk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Kyiv is under the heaviest aerial assault since the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. In recent weeks, hundreds of drones and missiles have rained down on the capital \u2014 killing dozens of people, injuring hundreds. As Ukraine pleads for more advanced systems, many of the defenders on the front line are volunteers:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary citizens often using old weapons to fight back against modern drone warfare. Who are they?<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Ukraine&#8217;s volunteer air defense<br \/>\n07:11 Oleksiy Goncharenko<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#ukraine #airdefense #civilians<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv is under the heaviest aerial assault since the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. In recent weeks, hundreds of drones and missiles have rained down on the capital \u2014 killing dozens of people, injuring hundreds. 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