The American Fox News channel used interception footage in its story, which, according to the Ukrainian team Wild Hornets, was filmed during the operation of their STING interceptor drone in Ukraine. The developers asked the media to correctly label such videos and not attribute them to other countries.
The American Fox News channel used interception footage in its story, which, according to the Ukrainian team Wild Hornets, was filmed during the operation of their STING interceptor drone in Ukraine. The developers asked the media to correctly label such videos and not attribute them to other countries.
According to a post by Wild Hornets on social media X, the clip shows a STING, a Ukrainian interceptor drone created by Wild Hornets engineers and used by Ukrainian air defense units to destroy Shahed drones. The team emphasized that it appreciates the international media's attention to the topic of interceptors, but asks that the correct captions be kept so that the work of Ukrainian engineers and military personnel is not lost.
Hi @FoxNews — small clarification.
— Wild Hornets (@wilendhornets) March 5, 2026
We appreciate that international media such as FOX News highlight the effective work of interceptor drones. The footage shown in this segment features STING — a Ukrainian interceptor drone developed by engineers at Wild Hornets and used by… pic.twitter.com/cOEsIeYnJm
In an address to Fox News, the developers emphasized that the shown result is the result of a long and complex joint work of Wild Hornets engineers together with the Ukrainian military. They also thanked for the support and trust in their solutions and invited to watch more videos of interceptions and feedback from fighters on their page.
The topic of interceptor drones has become one of the key ones in the fight against the "Shaheds", with which the Russian Federation regularly attacks Ukrainian cities. However, now this topic has become even more relevant in a global context, due to the US military campaign in the Middle East.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how, according to representatives of the Ukrainian defense industry, the Pentagon and at least one of the Persian Gulf countries are negotiating the purchase of Ukrainian interceptors to repel Iranian drone attacks.
