AFU confirm use of UAV with 250-kilogram bomb in rear of occupiers
The Unmanned Systems Forces are using a long-range UAV against enemy targets, which is capable of carrying a 250-kilogram bomb and covering a distance of up to 2,000 km with the possibility of returning.
This is stated in a message of the Unmanned Systems Forces Command on Friday, January 31.
Long-range UAVs are a unique development that can carry a bomb weighing 250 kg and return after hitting targets at a distance of up to 2,000 km.
"Russian propaganda constantly claims to have "shot down" such aircraft, but explosions at military-industrial complex facilities, refineries and ammunition depots say otherwise. Operators of the 14th Separate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces have been striking behind enemy lines for over a year, covering hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of kilometers. There have been dozens of such missions, and there will be more," the report says.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in November, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to increase the order for Ukrainian drones for military operations.
In December, the Ministry of Defense codified and approved for use in the Defense Forces of Ukraine the new Ukrainian-made SOVA 10 UAV.
Earlier, Ukrainian Magura V5 missile surface drones set a record by for the first time ever destroying two russian Mi-8 helicopters in the Black Sea.