War in Ukraine. Russia sends cheap drones. They are traps for Ukrainian defense

According to information provided by a Ukrainian military spy, the Russians have begun using these weapons. cheap drones To launch attacks on Ukraine. He added that in this way they want to try to identify air defenses and photograph any damage and Drones are meant to act as decoys..

The official said this in an interview with Reuters. These drones are made of foam and plywood.Russia has used it in five attacks in the past two or three weeks, including a night attack on Thursday.

She says that one type of unmanned ship has a camera and a SIM card for a Ukrainian mobile phone, so they can send pictures to the Russian military. – They determine where our mobile groups are located, where there are machine guns that can destroy them. They’re trying to get a picture of where all our air defenses are. – Andriy Chernyak, a representative of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service (HUR), said.

Reuters notes that the details provided by Chernyak are further evidence that Russia is “trying to adapt to his tactics And experimenting with new techniques to gain an advantage in daily attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

The military also compared the new drones to the Shahed drones, which Moscow has been using almost since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Iranian-made drones carry explosives and explode when they hit a target. Cheaper, camera-equipped machines, which the Russians are now using in combat, They do not carry such loads, but they are very much like martyrs.Moreover, they fly in groups.

– The second new type of drones does not contain explosives or only small explosives and is used as bait – Andrei Chernyak emphasized.

Since the cheaper alternative is virtually indistinguishable from a regular drone, which can cause serious damage, It still needs to be dropped.Thus revealing the location of Ukrainian air defense systems.

The representative of the Ukrainian military intelligence added that one of these machines might cost money. About $10,000 (approximately PLN 39,446) and are cheaper to produce than air defense missiles. The new unmanned ships also have a long range and can also fly at such altitudes. Machine guns can’t reach them.

Reuters indicated that Ukraine is appealing to Western allies to increase its air defenses to repel intensive Russian attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure.