The Ukrainian Air Pressure has confirmed that the Russian military makes use of Iranian drones in Ukraine.
Iranian Shahed-136 loitering munition / Illustrative photograph from open sources by way of Protection Specific
This data was offered by Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the Press Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“As for Iran, there’s proof that the Russian military is certainly receiving and already utilizing (Iranian UAVs – UNIAN). Now we have already seen one Shahed 136 shot down,” he mentioned. Throughout a current briefing, U.S. army officers additionally confirmed the actual fact they’re conscious that the Russian Federation is making an attempt to supply drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea.
“It’s clear that the goal could be very complicated, and in an effort to shoot down simply such targets, totally different techniques are wanted. As well as, our troopers must be vigilant. Visible statement posts will assist determine these targets not solely by radar but additionally visually. It is a new weapon in Russia that they have been in nice want of,” he mentioned when commenting on the looks of Iranian UAVs on the battlefield.
The speaker of the Air Pressure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine famous that the Ukrainian military would have an enough response and new strategies of countering these challenges.
Stays of a destroyed Shahed-136 (Geran’2) drone. Picture credit score: Ukrainian Armed Forces
It was reported earlier that the stays of a downed Iranian UAV Shahed-136 (Russian marking Geran’-2) have been discovered within the Dnipropetrovsk area. These drones belong to a class of loitering munition.
As well as, earlier OSINT investigators additionally reported that Ukrainian troopers shot down an Iranian Shahed UAV within the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv area.
