“Shahed” attack on St. Nicholas was the largest in almost ten months of a full-scale war – speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat
35 strike UAVs were fired on the territory of Ukraine. If we take into account the statistics, then they have never missed such a number of “Shaheds,” Ignat said.
In total, Russia deployed 127 Shahed drones and 300 cruise missiles in November and December.
In December, the defenders of the Ukrainian skies shot down 67 drones of this type. Since the beginning of the use of Iranian drones by Russia, about 430.
We see the use of the Shahed-136 UAV, now they also use the Shahed-131 – this is a smaller version of them. They label it Geranium-2, and this is Geranium-1, the smaller drone. But we are all well aware that these are Iranian-made drones,” said a representative of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ignat also noted that the enemy releases drones in small groups in different directions, and uses “shaheeds” mainly at night, because at night “there is no visual reference to targets.”
Meanwhile, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has established the type of Russian helicopters shot down on December 19 in the Donetsk region. These are two Mi-8 military transport helicopters.
Source: Racurs
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