Ukraine's defense forces have been successfully using long-range kamikaze drones to launch strikes on Russian territory. The drones have already targeted about 200 critical infrastructure facilities in Russia. All of them were related to "military logistics". This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi in an interview with The Guardian, UNN reports.
Syrsky pointed out that Russia had "very strong" air defense. Because of this, Ukraine has begun to increasingly use unmanned aerial systems. According to him, the Defense Forces are using drones "very effectively" and are trying out "ground robotic systems" - ground robots that can deliver ammunition or rescue a wounded soldier. A new department of unmanned systems has also been created, the first of its kind.
"We are not fighting with quantity, but with quality," he said, adding that drones play "as big a role as artillery.
Syrsky emphasized that Ukraine's armed forces have been successfully using long-range kamikaze drones to launch strikes deep into Russian territory. So far , according to Syrsky, they have targeted "about 200 critical infrastructure facilities."
As the Commander-in-Chief pointed out , they were all related to "military logistics." We are talking about factories, fuel depots, and ammunition depots.
Also, maritime drones have sunk about a third of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. "It really became a trap for them, and for some ships it became a grave," Syrsky said.
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