57th Brigade Shot Down Russia’s Sokol-I Drone Using General Cherry AIR Interceptor

Ukrainian defense forces shot down Russia’s new Sokol I drone, with operators of the 57th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Koshovyi Otaman Kostya Gordiyenko recording a first successful interception and releasing brief footage on the brigade’s Facebook page.

The brigade said its pilots shot down an air-defense drone ‘Sokol-I’ for the first time using an interceptor ‘General Cherry AIR,’ and the report noted that from the presentation of the prototype to its first downing by Ukrainian forces, only a month had passed.

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The article says Sokol flies at speeds of up to 150 km/h and at altitudes of up to 5,000 meters, with a fuselage made of foam plastic and a warhead that is remotely detonated or kinetic for close-range strikes.

It adds that on June 28 and the night of June 29, Ukrainian defense forces struck three bridges, warehouses with materiel and technical means, and command posts of the Russian army on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and in the Russian Federation.

The same piece frames the drone interception and subsequent strikes as part of systematic actions by Ukrainian units in response to new threats and as support for operational resilience on the front.

In the United States, TechCrunch reports that the Trump administration threatens 92 gigawatts of new electricity supply with red tape, warning that permitting delays could derail clean power even as electricity demand from AI data centers rises.

The article says permitting changes and federal funding withdrawals have already led to the cancellation of 7 gigawatts of generating capacity on federal land in 2025, and that additional scrutiny could cancel another 12 gigawatts on federal land and 80 gigawatts on private property.

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TechCrunch adds that the federal challenges affect more than $121 billion in investment in the energy space, while it notes that grid operators have spent the last four years preventing new generating sources from connecting in the largest U.S. grid that hosts the most data centers.

It also ties the increased permitting friction to an August 2025 order from Doug Burgum, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, which sought to “rein in environmentally damaging wind and solar projects.”

The piece says solar, batteries, and wind represented nearly 90% of the record 53 GW of new generating capacity added in 2025, while energy storage projects were canceled too, according to the Wood Mackenzie report.

EVWORLD.COM frames its coverage around EV myths and electrification, stating that abstracted reporting on 29 Jun 2026 says EV sales are surging worldwide while myths about battery fires, road damage, and unethical mineral sourcing persist.

“Operators of the 57th brigade recorded a first successful interception of Russia’s new Sokol I drone”

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The article says experts note EVs catch fire less often than petrol cars and heavy trucks, and that heavy trucks—not batteries—damage roads, while it also claims that most new batteries use cobalt‑free chemistries.

It adds that real mining concerns exist, but that misinformation slows the transition, and it argues that stronger supply‑chain governance and recycling are key.

EVWORLD.COM also includes a section header about “Child cobalt miners,” and it presents the topic as part of the broader debate over battery materials and sourcing.

The piece does not provide named scientists or specific studies in the excerpt, but it repeatedly emphasizes the role of myths and governance in shaping public understanding of EV batteries.