There are only five goals left: what Ukrainian drones undermine refinery in Russia (map)

The blogger and military observer with the Nick Woltiger Herder created and posted on the social network X (Twitter) a map, which was inflicted on all large oil refineries in western Russia. Judging by this card, over the last three weeks, the drones have hit almost all Russian refineries within a radius of 1,000 km from the front line in Ukraine. Russian objects in Moscow, Saratov, Astrakhan, Naftekum and Tabashino (Republic of Maria El) remained intact in the area.

Naftan and the Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus are also within reach. Wooltiger Herder assures that Ukraine uses new drones with a fairly simple design, including the "February" plane. The model of this UAV in November 2023 was shown by the Deputy Minister of Strategic Industry Anna Gvozdyar.

The drawing with a trident, stylized under the bird, and the inscription "AZSDAM" on the fuselage is similar to those that "Ukroboronprom" demonstrated in 2022, announcing the production of Ukrainian shock UAVs with a range of flight 1,000 km. In Ukraine, they were nicknamed the Iranian Shahaneda.

"February" is similar to the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 thanks to the classic double-battered screw with a screw that pushes or pulls, it is equipped with a V-shaped tail, fixed wheel chassis and cooling grilles, indicating a 2-cylinder engine "boxer". The flight range is about 1,000 km, and the weight of the combat unit is 50 kg (according to the Russians). After a series of recent attacks, the Russians published several images of a drone similar to "February".

The Canadian physicist and drone expert with Nick Danielr analyzed the pictures and found some interesting details: a long tube (a device for measuring height and speed) in the nose and a mysterious capsule from below where the camera can be hidden. The engine fault has air intakes for cooling and complex shape, neatly bending the exhaust pipe. You can also notice irregularities on top, probably needed to operate the fuel system or carburetor. "The glider has a great look.

Ukraine has used them with skill. Attacks on refineries seem ideal, they are made with smooth reversals before dive on the terminal. These attacks were extremely accurate," the expert commented. According to the "militaristic" site, thanks to the compact size "February" does not require a runway, so it can be launched from roads.

In the nose of the analytics, they noticed a large hood, which opens access to the compartment with the combat part, you can probably install different types of explosive devices right before starting. The metal -headed metal body, which falls into the hands of the Russians, has large notches for the formation of fragments during the explosion. Only, judging by a large number of UAVs, which never exploded in the Russian Federation, the initiation system far from the ideal.

It is expected that the drones of "February" have already successfully attacked objects in Russia. So, on March 9, they hit the Air Force in Taganrog, on March 13 - on the Ryazan refinery, on March 20 - at the Airrodrome of Strategic Aviation of the Russian High Aviation in Engels. In the latter case, "February" could break the take -off of Russian aircraft for the next rocket attack of Ukraine.

According to the Russian media, three of the four UAV "February", which participated in the attack, fell in the airfield. "If the UAV has overcome all obstacles and caused serious damage to the bombers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, therefore, the operation is successful. " February "is a very cheap apparatus, its fall in the airfield without harming the purposes will become a waste of money," - said the focus Aviations of Ukraine Valery Romanenko.

"February" with its appearance and gray is similar to another Ukrainian drone - "beaver" from Ukrjet. "February" is much larger and more perfect in technical terms: for example, "Beaver" has no hood for the combat part and many small details such as faulty. The design is also different, the latter is built according to the aerodynamic scheme "Duck", when the horizontal plumage is located in front of the main wing.

Recently, the head of the Foundation "Come back alive" Taras Chmut said that 45 such beaver drones were produced in 2022-2023 for the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The 800 km flight range made it possible to attack Russian factories, where components for Russian missiles X-59, X-31 and X-35 are produced, as well as in the composition of the ballistic parts of "Iskander". They also forced the Russian troops to pull some of the resources into the rear.

It is possible that they continue to run on infrastructure in the rear of the Russian Federation. It can be assumed that the UAV "Beaver" was also attacked by Russian objects in the occupied Crimea. On December 20, a 30 kg of explosives were found on the beach near Sevastopol. In addition to the combat part, the Russians found several cellophane bags with an explosive.

Forbes writes that Ukraine also used the old Soviet drones of Tu-141 "Striz" and Tu-143 "Flight" for blows to Russian infrastructure. On social networks there were pictures of a aircraft that fell in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, in which experts recognized Tu-143 by characteristic shape of wings and a jet engine. It is also a Soviet technology, which in the 1970s came up with the famous designer Andriy Tupolev.

142 Tu-141 units weighing 7 tons were built at a plant in Kharkiv, and after the collapse of the USSR, many of them remained in storage in Ukraine, and Tu-143 are their lightweight and reduced versions. Ukrainian engineers have processed reconnaissance drones, replacing bulky photography equipment for the combat part. Analysts say that such UAVs are quite fast and powerful to carry a large number of explosives.

They can fly autonomously at a speed of about 965 km/h, rise to a height of 6 km and follow the course with a built -in navigation system. All this makes Tu-141 a good replacement for scarcity missiles Storm Shadow and Scalp-EG, and also allows to protect the expensive Su-24 bombers of the Su-24 Air Force of Ukraine needed to launch them. In the summer of 2022, Ukraine launched at least two TU-143 in Kursk and its surroundings, but both drones shot down the air defense forces of Russia.