"Missile from the sunflowers": Ukrainian Air Force shoots down Russian drone

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – SUNDAY, 31 JULY 2022, 15:55

An anti-aircraft missile unit of the Ukrainian Air Force has shot down a Russian drone.

Source: Air Force Command Tsentr (Centre) on Facebook

Details: The anti-aircraft missile unit of the Ukrainian Air Force in central Ukraine has shot down and "grounded" a Russian drone (likely, a Ptero-type drone) while carrying out combat missions in an undisclosed location.

The Air Force notes that this drone looks similar to an Orlan-10 UAV; it is likely that the drone was conducting aerial reconnaissance in order to help Russian forces adjust their artillery fire.

The Ukrainian soldiers from the anti-aircraft missile unit captioned the video of the strike on the Russian drone as follows: "Forgive us, dear sunflowers…We must strike these bastards down in order to draw closer to our victory."

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