Russia has begun using new plywood and camera drones in its attacks on Ukraine to locate Ukrainian air defences.
Source: Andrii Cherniak, representative of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, in a comment to Reuters
Details: According to intelligence, some of the drones have a camera and a Ukrainian SIM card to send images from the battlefield back to the Russians. The drones are made of foam and plywood.
Quote: „They identify where our mobile groups are positioned, where the machine guns are that can destroy them. They’re trying … to get a picture of where all our air defences are located.“
Details: According to Cherniak, the drones do not carry any explosives, fly in groups, and resemble Shahed UAVs. They cost around US$10,000 per drone, making them significantly cheaper to construct than air defence missiles.
These drones can also fly at a height of one kilometre, where they cannot be reached with machine guns or rifles.
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