Ukraine aims to develop combat drones to down Russian drones

Ukraine has bought some 1,400 drones, mostly for reconnaissance, and plans to develop combat models that can attack the exploding drones Russia has used. 

Source: Mykhailo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation, in an interview with Associated Press

Quote: "And the next stage, now that we are more or less equipped with reconnaissance drones, is strike drones. These are both exploding drones and drones that fly up to three to 10 kilometres and hit targets."

"We are talking here about drones, UAVs, UAVs that we are developing in Ukraine. Well, anyway, this will be the next step in terms of the development of technologies." 

Details: Ukraine has purchased drones like the Fly Eye, a small unmanned aerial vehicle used for intelligence, reconnaissance and battlefield surveillance, Fedorov added. 

He predicted "more missions with strike drones" in the future, but would not elaborate.

Associated Press states that the Russian military said debris from a fallen drone at Engels airbase killed three servicemen but no aircraft were damaged. 

The base houses Tu-95 and Tu-160 nuclear-capable strategic bombers that have been involved in launching strikes on Ukraine, Associated Press adds.

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