(Dan Tri) – The Ukrainian commander said that the Russian drone was a low-speed target, so it was necessary to use appropriate weapons to shoot it down.
Ukrainian police shoot Russian UAV in Kiev (Photo: Reuters).
`Shahed drones are low-speed targets, so it is necessary to use large-caliber machine guns, which are considered more effective weapons, to shoot them down,` Serhii Naiev, commander of the Self-Defense Forces
`(Russian) drones constantly change their routes to avoid harm and complete their missions. Sometimes they fly in circles, coming in from one side, flying around, then returning
The Ukrainian command confirmed that, thanks to the support of foreign partners and the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the coverage of air defense systems is continuously increasing.
`We understand that we will not be able to cover every square meter. But we are trying to deploy mobile attack groups and air defense systems at appropriate distances so that we can support and protect each other.`
A downed Russian suicide UAV is taken for dissection (Photo: Ukrainska Pravda).
From late 2022 and early this year, Ukraine said Russia stopped using Geran-2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) because these UAVs do not operate in cold weather.
The West and Ukraine suspect that Geran-2 is the Shahed-136 suicide UAV produced by Iran and repainted by Russia.
Russia began increasing the use of UAVs in October, in an effort to massively attack Ukraine’s essential infrastructure, causing the capital Kiev and many major cities to lose widespread power during the winter.
Shahed-136 is designed to self-destruct upon impact and has a low flight range, capable of avoiding radar.
Ukraine recently posted images of `dissection` of Russian UAVs.
At the end of last year, the UK determined that Russia had used up most of its UAV inventory produced in Iran and seemed to continue to order from Iran.