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Recent events in Ukraine have highlighted significant challenges for the auto sector. Drone attacks are increasingly targeting civilian vehicles, such as the tragic strike in Sumy that resulted in the death of a 39-year-old truck driver. These attacks underscore the ongoing danger posed by UAVs on Ukrainian roads. In addition to safety concerns, luxury car spending by Ukrainian MPs, reported to be around 100 million UAH in 2025, has drawn public attention. This spending reflects broader economic trends and priorities amid the current conflict. Furthermore, incidents of explosive devices targeting cars in regions like Kherson and Odesa illustrate the volatile security environment. Stay updated with developments involving vehicles as both targets and symbols in Ukraine's ongoing situation.

How frequently are drones attacking vehicles in Ukraine?

Drone attacks on vehicles in Ukraine have been frequent, affecting areas such as Sumy and Kherson. These attacks often target civilian vehicles, leading to casualties and raising concerns about safety and security.

What is the impact of drone strikes on civilian cars?

Drone strikes on civilian cars have resulted in numerous injuries and fatalities in affected regions. These attacks not only threaten individual safety but also disrupt community mobility and contribute to psychological distress.

What are the economic implications of MPs spending on luxury cars?

The economic implications are significant, reflecting a discrepancy between public spending and personal wealth accumulation among politicians. This raises questions about resource allocation during times of national hardship.

Are there any legal consequences for using drones to attack vehicles?

Using drones to attack vehicles is considered a form of warfare and terror, leading to criminal investigations and international condemnation. Legal consequences are severe, involving war crime charges and international legal actions.

How is Ukraine responding to vehicle attacks involving drones?

Ukraine is responding with increased security measures, including the deployment of technological countermeasures and international advocacy for stronger sanctions and support. The government continuously seeks ways to protect its civilians and infrastructure.

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State Management of Affairs opts for two armored Mercedes worth $1.5M instead of two Maybachs worth $1M State Management of Affairs opts for two armored Mercedes worth $1.5M instead of two Maybachs worth $1M The motor department of Ukraine's State Management of Affairs plans to buy by the end of 2018 two armored Mercedes-Benz S600 cars from Automobile House Ukraine Ltd. – Mercedes-Benz, which is an official representative of Mercedes-Benz in Ukraine. 30 140 316

Ukraine Ukraine's president signs into law bills on customs clearance of cars registered abroad President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed bills No. 8487 and No. 8488 legalizing cars with license plates of the European countries that had been brought into Ukraine in violation of customs and tax laws. 31 695 701

Rally outside Ukrainian parliament: Owners of cars registered abroad demanding affordable customs clearance rates for their vehicles. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS Rally outside Ukrainian parliament: Owners of cars registered abroad demanding affordable customs clearance rates for their vehicles. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS Owners of cars with foreign registration plates are holding rally in Kyiv’s government quarter demanding the adoption of bills No. 8487 and 8488, which cut the customs clearance rates for imported cars. 17 442 406

Police deputy chief outraged by ring of luxury car thieves being released on ridiculously small bail. PHOTO Police deputy chief outraged by ring of luxury car thieves being released on ridiculously small bail. PHOTO Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district court ruled to place members of a crime ring charged with multiple counts of carjacking in pre-trial custody with a bail option. 13 812 104 Previously in trend: Police workdays

Rada makes major step towards settling issue of foreign-registered cars Rada makes major step towards settling issue of foreign-registered cars The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed in the first reading a bill designed to reduce the excise taxes on cars imported by Ukrainians. 58 459 286

Owners of foreign-registered cars continue protesting in downtown Kyiv, block several streets in government quarter. PHOTOS Owners of foreign-registered cars continue protesting in downtown Kyiv, block several streets in government quarter. PHOTOS The owners of cars with foreign registration plates, which were not cleared through customs, have been holding a rally in the government quarter in downtown Kyiv for the second consecutive day. 108 308 415

Owners of foreign-registered cars block Kyiv’s government quarter: "We demand affordable customs clearance". VIDEO&PHOTOS Owners of foreign-registered cars block Kyiv’s government quarter: "We demand affordable customs clearance". VIDEO&PHOTOS The government quarter in the heart of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv, is blocked by cars with foreign registration plates while their owners hold rally demanding affordable customs clearance. 187 707 908

PM Hroisman on foreign-registered cars: "I would have settled this issue within a month" PM Hroisman on foreign-registered cars: "I would have settled this issue within a month" Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroisman said that if the parliament delegated the Cabinet to address the issue of cars with foreign registration plates, it would have been settled within a month. 52 034 299

Unidentified person armed with ax crashed dozen cars near Solomianskyi court, - Judge Kytsiuk. PHOTOS Unidentified person armed with ax crashed dozen cars near Solomianskyi court, - Judge Kytsiuk. PHOTOS An unidentified person armed with an ax rushed into the courtyard of the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv and damaged a dozen cars. 55 395 274

князев Ukraine, Germany conduct operation to detain international carjackers’ ring, - National Police Chief Kniaziev. PHOTO The law enforcement agencies carry out over 20 searches in Ukraine and Germany seeking evidence against a ring of carjackers. 83 666 59

авто поджег MP Herashchenko shows Russian agent committing arson attack on Ukrainian lawmaker’s car. VIDEO A Member of Ukrainian Parliament Anton Herashchenko published surveillance camera footage of arson attack on the car owned by one of MPs. The attack was committed by the Russian secret services agent. 61 613 109

южанина Draft bill on customs clearance for foreign-registered cars is ready, - Yuzhanina The bill is expected to solve the problem with European-registered cars in Ukraine. 85 093 225

взрыв Car of member of regional council, head of UKROP faction Kokitko blown up in Zhytomyr region. PHOTO In early hours of Sept. 29, the car of the head of UKROP party faction in the Zhytomyr regional council, deputy mayor of Baranivka Nataliia Kokitko was blown up in Pershotravensk, the Zhytomyr region. 73 760 79

авто Cars with European plates will be cleared through customs for 1,000 - 1,400 euros, - Yuzhanina The transition to Ukrainian plates for cars brought to Ukraine with foreign registration will cost their real owners from 1,000 to 1,400 euros depending on the engine capacity. The required amendments will be adopted by the Parliament in the near future. 204 449 493

авто Law prohibiting entrance of foreign-registered vehicles without customs clearance to be adopted by November, - Iryna Lutsenko The law banning foreign registered cars from entering Ukraine without customs clearance will be adopted in the upcoming three months. 139 242 480

авто взрыв No doubt Shapoval was killed in terrorist attack by Russian secret services, - journalist Yurii Butusov believes that the explosion of the car of special reserves head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Department (HUR) Shapoval has a Russian trace in it. 198 469 326 Previously in trend: Murder of Shapoval

взрыв Three people suffered severe burns as car exploded at automobile repair shop in Kyiv Three people were taken to hospital with first and second degree burns as a result of the explosion at a garage in Darnytskyi district. 16 055 9

слепченко Biker gunned down in Kyiv: police suspect sumo vice-world winner Slepchenko. PHOTOS Police suspect sumo vice world champion Dmytro Slepchenko of shooting down a biker in Kyiv last night. 128 991 61

порошенко "Why must some people pay taxes, excises, duties, while others grease palms?" Poroshenko on Ukrainians riding cars registered abroad Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko takes a stand against illegal actions of drivers riding the cars that have not been cleared through customs. 240 880 470

армия Sumy regional administration donates two ambulances to 61st Brigade. PHOTOS The Sumy Regional State Administration handed over two medical vehicles, an ambulance and a medical evacuation truck, to the Servicemen of the 61st Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade. 16 954 16

'LPR' militants blamed OSCE for patrol car incident The militants claim that OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) patrol car, which tripped a mine in the Luhansk region, "deviated from the main route and drove side roads." 39 623 60 Previously in trend: OSCE patrol vehicle exploded

обсе Patrol member died as OSCE car drove on mine in ATO zone A vehicle of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) exploded while patrolling the occupied territories of the Donbas today, on April 23. 110 213 217 Previously in trend: OSCE patrol vehicle exploded

авто поджог "The car was an eyesore for separatists," - volunteer Yelets minivan set on fire in Toretsk. PHOTOS The car of civic volunteer Volodymyr Yelets, used for bringing aid and supplies to Ukrainian soldiers on the front line, was burned down by unknowns in Toretsk, the Donetsk region. 95 459 113

One person killed in hit-and-run accident in Rivne region Two cars collided in the Rivne region. One person was killed as a result of the accident. 10 850 19

Cabinet of Ministers spent 33M hryvnia of budget funds on cars in 2016 The Ukrainian government possesses 117 cars made between 1982 and 2008. 8 091 63

авто продан Ukraine's top taxman Prodan titles his Lexus in mother’s name, understates price of his Toyota Avalon, - media. PHOTOS In 2015, Acting Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Myroslav Prodan transferred ownership of his 2012 Lexus RX 350 to his 70-year-old mother Svitlana. 89 150 210

стрельба Kyiv police chief says professional activities are major version of businessman murder Police investigators believe that the businessman who was shot dead in his car in downtown Kyiv on March 8 could have been hit over his professional activities. 33 472 30 Previously in trend: Police workdays

стрельба Brazen attack in downtown Kyiv: gunman shoots man dead, wounds his two kids. PHOTO An unknown person opened fire at a driver of a Mercedes-Benz CLS at Antonovycha Street in Kyiv. 160 783 277

дтп дорожкина Ukrainian journalist Dorozhkina dies in car crash in Poland. PHOTOS A traffic accident in Poland killed three people, including Segodnia newspaper journalist Polina Dorozhkina. 78 443 0

дтп Drunk council member Rybchenko hit pedestrian in Cherkasy, - Patrol Police. PHOTOS The Regional Council deputy, the head of the faction of Party of Veterans of Afghanistan Oleksandr Rybchenko was driving a car while intoxicated and hit a pedestrian in Cherkasy. The injured man has been hospitalized. 45 268 104 Previously in trend: Drunk driving

пожар Bus depot burned down in Kyiv. PHOTOS The fire destroyed three buses. No one suffered. 27 035 18

взрыв Head of "LPR militia" Anashchenko killed in Luhansk. PHOTOS Anashchenko was killed this morning as the car bomb exploded. 294 163 566

карта Traffic collision rate critical in 10 regions. INFOGRAPHICS Seven people died and 68 injured in car accidents in Ukraine on Jan. 27. 35 221 17

декларация судья данилова мальвина Superior Economic Court Judge Danylova 'forgot' to declare elite house of her partner, son's companies, and thousands of dollars in cash, - PROSUD. PHOTOS+VIDEO Judge of the Superior Economic Court and candidate to the new Supreme Court Malvina Danylova together with her son has accumulated solid wealth and purchased posh real estate property and luxurious cars without working a single year in business. 70 393 151

авто растаможка блокирование Protesters block entrances to Kyiv, burn tires. PHOTOS Owners of cars with foreign licence plates have blocked entrances to Kyiv and demand adoption of the bill No.5567 that will allow importing cars in Ukraine without customs payment. 157 549 1 020

карта Traffic collision rate critical in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv regions. INFOGRAPHICS Six people died, 46 were injured in road traffic accidents across Ukraine over the past 24-hour period (Jan. 22). 9 445 9

пожар поджог Expensive SUV burned down in Kyiv. PHOTOS SUV burned down in Ukrainian capital. Fire damaged two more cars. 43 331 112

дтп One person died, two injured as two cars crash in Kyiv downtown. PHOTOS A young woman died in a severe car accident in Kyiv's downtown. 40 285 26

снег снегопад Hundred vehicles trapped by snow rescued in Khmelnytskyi region. PHOTOS+VIDEO The rescuers freed 104 vehicles trapped by heavy snow in the Khmelnytskyi region. 14 569 11

дтп борисполь трасса Five cars damaged in accident at Boryspil highway. PHOTOS One person was injured as five cars collided near Kyiv. 57 496 57

дтп Traffic rules violator hit by car in Kyiv. PHOTOS+VIDEO A car hit a man who violated traffic regulations. The man was taken to hospital. 20 801 26

дтп Bus rams military van in Luhansk region, injures four Ukrainian soldiers. PHOTOS Four members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were injured as a passenger bus collided with their van in the Luhansk region. 13 957 12

дтп Bus with Belarusian tourists overturned in Lviv region. VIDEO A bus with tourists from Belarus overturned in the Lviv region. Five people got injuries. 25 400 72

дтп Elderly woman provoked road accident in Kyiv and died under wheels. PHOTOS A car hit an elderly jaywalker in Kyiv. The woman died. 43 251 113

контрабанда сигареты 302,000 packs of Russian cigarettes seized in Odesa region. PHOTOS Employees of the tax police and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) seized smuggled cigarettes (worth a total of six millions hryvnia) in the Odesa region. 11 285 16

дтп Fourth victim of car crash in Mykolaiv region dies in hospital. VIDEO+PHOTO The fourth victim of yesterday's road accident outside Mykolaiv, a Ukrainian military, died in hospital. Please beware of disturbing video footage. 43 523 15

дтп Four people killed in car crash near Odesa. PHOTO A passenger car and a minivan crashed in the Odesa region. Four people died in the accident. 28 182 26