By Victor Duda
On the night of September 14, 2023, the invaders launched 17 drones-Kamikadze Shahd-126/131. The drones overcame about a thousand kilometers to get to the target in Khmelnytskyi. According to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense, the first -purchased Shahd Russian released from Ukraine on September 14 last year. Then the drone was beaten near the liberated Kupyansk.
And if earlier the invaders, without sparing Iranian drones, launched them in the daytime, then after the Armed Forces learned to fight them qualitatively thanks to Western air defense, now the Russians launch "mopeds" (as shared in the people because of the specific sound of the motor) only at night. "Initially, the percentage of whipped UAVs was low - it is a difficult goal. ShahED is inconspicuous, uses terrain.
Due to the actions of experience, aircraft strengthening, we have reached 75% of the destruction goals, " - a spokesman for the Air Force Command of Ukraine Yuri Ignat told reporters. For Russia, with its financial capabilities, all released drones-Kamikadze were not so expensive-about $ 60 to $ 100 million. .
"Currently, they have their own production, have changed the design slightly, made it not so modern, but thanks to this, the Russians will increase their number,"-said military expert Alexei Hetman-"One rocket X-101 is more than 100 such drones, so it is clear that it is clear that In the future, they will use these drones-Kamikadze. " The air force is warned that the Russians are not going to stop attacking the Drone-Kamikadze, so Ukrainians should be prepared for new raids.
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