LONDON, Aug. 17 -- British weapons manufacturing company BAE Systems builds the Nyan for reasons that include, in official communications, maritime patrol and intelligence gathering. Six months ago, Ukraine began using it to destroy oil refineries near Moscow.

The Kyiv Independent, citing a report in The Times of London published Saturday, confirmed Sunday that British-manufactured jet-powered drones have been deployed in Ukraine's deep-strike campaign against Russian energy infrastructure - hitting targets near Moscow, Yaroslavl, and Volgograd across a campaign stretching back half a year. A senior Ukrainian military source stated it plainly to The Times: the armed forces "have also had significant success with British drones." Most dee...