Experts told where Ukraine could get long -range drones for blows to the Russian Federation

On Monday, December 5, the Russian media reported shocks in Ryazan and Saratov, and on December 6 - at the airfield in the Kursk region. The affected objects are hundreds of kilometers from the border with Ukraine, which can testify to the emergence of new technology in the Ukrainian army, which allows to attack at a long distance, although officially Kyiv did not confirm the involvement of the Armed Forces.

"To say that this is the wicked attack may be a little exaggeration, but it is true that the Ukrainian army for the first time demonstrated the presence of weapons that can penetrate so far," - commented Jeff Hun, a specialist in Russian military issues and external New Lines Institute consultant , American Center for Geopolitical Research. After the blows, there were rumors of a new type of drone that can fly almost up to Moscow.

Russia suggests that Ukraine has used the technique of Soviet times. According to Houn, Ukrainian troops could send their drones to Tu-141 "Strizh" of the late 1970s and 1980s, having previously modernized them and armed with rockets. The expert recalled that initially the unmanned aircraft was used for long -range intelligence, but Ukraine was a leader in the production of missiles during the USSR, so he has extensive engineering experience.

"It is easy, especially for a country such as Ukraine, to modernize the unit to make a weapon from it," the expert assured. Husein Aliyev, who studies the Ukrainian-Russian conflict at the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom), recalled that a few months ago, Ukrainians promised to collect a distant radius of action by the end of 2022 by the end of 2022. According to the scientist, it was such drones that could strike in Russia.

"The device is close to Iranian Kamikadze drones used by Russia, but more sophisticated," Husein Aliyev said. Jeff Hun supports this version of events. According to him, new Ukrainian drones are designed to defeat military and civilian infrastructure. In doing so, they should fly much further than Iranian counterparts, capable of overcoming almost 1,000 km.

Husein Aliyev added that damage to two strategic bombers in Ryazan and Engels-2 has become a very difficult blow to Russia, because such aircraft are very small, and they are important for the army, because they can deliver bombs a long distance, including nuclear weapons. The penetration of UAVs into objects of such importance shows major drawbacks in the Russian protection system. "The use of these long -range drones is obviously caught by Russia by surprise.

These drones are slow enough and fly at a low altitude at a very long distance, which makes them a fairly easy target for beating before they reach their goal," the British specialist explained. Successful blows to Russian objects can change the course of war in Ukraine. By finding the defense breaks, the Armed Forces can use them for new attacks on bases from which Russians launch rockets in Ukrainian cities. According to Hussein Aliyev, Kyiv should economically use Kamikadze drone.

If Ukraine has used upgraded Tu-141, then it all depends on the amount of proper equipment that has remained since the USSR, and if it is new drones-on how soon Ukrainians can make them. "Since these are the first long -range military drones, I think I will have to wait a little before the country can produce them in sufficient quantity for a decisive advantage," the researcher said. Russia will be likely that Russia will be able to strengthen the defense of important objects.

It is still difficult to say how much Moscow sacrificed the protection of the rear, flipping through the technique to the front. At the same time, political elites can urge to strengthen Ukraine's shelling, and if the army cannot do so, they will increase the pressure. On December 6, they also wrote that the drones attacked the Glory plant in the Bryansk region. According to the sources, the drones-Kamikadze exploded near the fuel tanks of the rooster.