British intelligence services pointed out on Friday the “difficulties” faced by Russian air defense systems against them Ukraine’s “growing capabilities” to launch drone attacks And achieving the goals “effectively” despite Russian advances as part of its invasion that began in February 2022.
Hence, they reported, Kiev reported on November 5 a drone and missile attack on a Russian base located around Donetsk airport, in eastern Ukraine and under Russian occupation, “used to store, manufacture and launch” unmanned devices against Ukrainian territory.
They explained, according to a statement published by the British Ministry of Defense on its account on the social networking site
In this way, they aimed to Damage to drone launch infrastructureA fuel depot and a weapons depot, before specifying that “reports from open sources indicate that a thousand Jeeran-2 aircraft have been stored at the base,” a type of drone used by the Russian army.
British intelligence services stated that “Russia was going to begin during the summer to build this infrastructure for drones and launch points around the airport to support the increase in the scale of these operations against Ukrainian targets.”
For this reason, they emphasized that these types of attacks “emphasize… Difficulties facing Russian air defense systems In protecting military sites within reach of Ukraine’s growing unmanned aerial capabilities, especially those close to the front line.
“Moreover, it underscores Ukraine’s continued ability to conduct effective, combined air strikes against Russian targets, even as Russian forces continue to exert pressure on multiple points along the front line,” they concluded, referring to the advance of Russian forces into several eastern Ukrainian provinces.