Russia and Ukraine trade more long-range drone attacks, a sign of their war
The Ukrainian Air Force said Friday that Russian forces fired 363 Shahed and bait drones in Ukraine and eight missiles in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Air Force said Friday that air force defense engineering blocked all drones except four drones and shot down six cruise missiles.
Meanwhile, Russia's defense ministry said that overnight, 39 Ukrainian drones were knocked down in several regions, including 19 in the Rostov region and 13 in the Volgograd region. These two regions are located east of Ukraine.
Long-range drone strikes have been a symbol of war and are now in their fourth year. Racial developments on both sides are becoming more and more complex, and drones turn war into test scenes for new weapons.
The Ukrainian Air Force said 359 incoming drones were intercepted or electronically blocked.
Officials said the Ukrainian attack forced three Russian airports to temporarily suspend flights. When the authorities targeted Crimea, the authorities also briefly closed the Crimea bridge for the night.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine reported any significant damage or casualties in the attack.
Russia produced Shah drones based on the original Iranian model, stirring thousands of drones in a factory in the Tatastan region. It upgrades Shaheds with its own innovations, including larger warheads.
They are called suicide drones because they stab the target into the target and explode like a missile. The constant buzzing of the propeller-driven shahed drone is not disturbing to anyone under its flight path, as no one knows exactly when or when a weapon will hit.
Ukraine has been surpassed and surpassed in the war with its larger neighbors, and has also developed its own cutting-edge drone technology, including long-range sea drones, and trained thousands of drone pilots.
Both sides use smaller short-range drones on the battlefield and in areas close to the frontlines about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles).
Those drones with onboard cameras also give their operators a real-time view of possible goals.
The United Nations human rights monitoring mission said in a report published Thursday in Ukraine that between the beginning of the war and last April, a short-term drone attack killed at least 395 civilians and injured 2,635. It is reported that nearly 90% of the attacks were carried out by Russian armed forces.
The report said that these strikes not only spread fear among civilians, but also severely undermined daily life by limiting movement and limiting access to food and medical services.
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