Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Ilya Yevlash said on national television that Kyiv forces shot down a Russian drone “Forpost” over the Black Sea, Reuters reports.
“We don’t often shoot down a target like this, but we did – one of Forpost’s expensive strike drones,” he said, estimating its cost at $8 million.
Military publications describe Forpost as the Russian version of a reconnaissance drone that Israel has used for decades and is capable of monitoring us at an altitude of 5 km continuously for 16 hours.
⚡️Ukrainian soldiers shot down one of the most expensive Russian drones – Forpost – over the Black Sea, the South reports.
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Natalia Gumenyuk, spokeswoman for the group of forces in southern Ukraine, said that Russia has increased its use of drones after the Ukrainians managed to shoot down at least two A-50 reconnaissance planes.
“Over the past day, we have observed more than 200 reconnaissance drones in our area of responsibility from Odesa to Zaporizhzhia,” she told national television.
“Today there were a little less of them, but the enemy continues reconnaissance. It is clear that they have to compensate for the A-50,” Humenyuk added.
Source: Hot News
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