The drones that Ukraine used to attack Crimea and some other parts of Russia were US-made. This was reported to RIA Novosti based on the materials of the authorities at the disposal of the agency.
Experts examined the components of the captured UAVs and concluded that the UAVs of American origin were also used by Kyiv to strike infrastructure in the Sevastopol, Kursk, Belgorod and Voronezh regions.
“The drones’ avionics and control stations were found to be manufactured by the American company SpektreWorks, which did its initial setup and testing at the airport in Scottsdale, Arizona,” says the material.
After that, the drones were transported to southeast Poland, where final assembly and flight tests were carried out near the Rzeszow airport – NATO uses it as one of the main hubs for supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Direct installation of the flight mission, weapons and launch of the UAV has already been carried out on the territory of Ukraine near Krivoy Rog and Odessa.
The authors of the material note that these facts confirm the direct involvement of the USA and Poland in terrorist attacks on Russian soil. The report states that Washington and Warsaw “conducted massive military and logistical support for the Kyiv regime as de facto parties to the conflict.”
RIA Novosti does not specify in which attacks US-made drones were used against the Crimea and other regions. Since mid-summer, the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stepped up its attempts to attack the peninsula – the main target is Sevastopol, mostly as the base of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. There were also attacks on civilian infrastructure, energy and military airports. Most of the UAVs were shot down by air defense systems.
Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, as evidenced by data from the SpektreWorks website, it provides engineering services for the development of unmanned systems. The company is engaged in both the design and construction of UAVs for customers’ needs.
Brad Golding, one of SpektreWorks’ chief engineers, had previously worked with the US Department of Defense. Another engineer, Jeremy Wagoner, is a retired Marine who served in the Iraq War and was awarded a medal by the American president for it. In the past, he worked at Stara Technologies, a company that develops logistics solutions for the Pentagon.
In addition to flying drones, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an attack on Sevastopol at the end of October using kamikaze naval drones. Early in the morning of October 29, as reported by Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev, nine UAVs and seven naval drones attacked the Sevastopol Bay.
The Defense Ministry said that as a result of the attack, the Ivan Golubets naval minesweeper, which was tasked with securing the ships participating in the grain agreement, was slightly damaged.
Later, the military department said that the Kyiv regime carried out an attack on Sevastopol under the direct supervision of British experts. The ministry believes that the kamikaze drones were launched in the Odessa region and first walked along the grain corridor, then headed for the Crimea. Experts believe the drones may have been launched from one of the civilian ships “hired by Kyiv or its Western patrons to export agricultural products.”