During the fighting in the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian air defense complex “Buk” shot down the Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle “Strepet”. In this respect reported Alexander Gordeev, head of the press center of the Vostok group.
Details of the operation were not disclosed.
The Strepet UAV was developed in Ukraine in 2005 and has a take-off weight of 200 kg and a payload of up to 50 kg. Able to fly for 16 hours up to a distance of 3 thousand km.
Former Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedIt was reported that 31 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed on the day of the special operation.
Russian air defense systems, Tokarevka in the Kharkiv region, Krasnorechenskoe, Chervonopopovka, Novovodyanoye, Kremennaya, Ploshchanka, Voevodovka, Rubizhne and Barannikovka in the Luhansk People’s Republic, Zeleny Gay, Urozhaynoye, in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Blagoovka, Vladimirovka, Starovka Near Ulyanivka and Pologi in the Zaporozhye region, and Novaya Zuryevka and Krynok in the Kherson region.
The Ministry of Defense announced that a total of 3,502 Ukrainian drones have been destroyed since the start of the special operation.