Top, faster and more destructive: Russian drones upgrade exposure to Ukrainian cities

When the alarm sirens and the sounds of a mobile phone from Oleksandr Matviienko cry, the resident of Kyiv begins to scroll quickly through social media channels, trying to collect more information about exactly what is heading towards the capital.

If he recently sees the ballistic missiles or drones saturating the sky, it holds the sleeping bag and a statistics placed near the entrance, and heads to the nearby metro station to join a crowd prepared to spend hours waiting for the attack by harboring underground.

“I understand that the threat is really huge now,” Matvianco told CBC News in an interview with Zoom.

“You never know if it will strike your apartment, neighbor, or neighborhood.”

MATVIIINKO is a defensive journalist in the anti -attack, a PRO, a KYIV news message focused on defensive innovation.

He has suffered directly from fear and nights without sleep caused by drones attacks in Russia, and he understands Ukraine’s challenges as it tries to intercept the large milestones of modified drones that are designed to fly faster and higher, as well as it is difficult to disable.

Iranian design, Russian promotions

In the fall of 2022, Russia began using Shahi drones from Iranian manufacture, which was broken in targets and exploded. The drones have more than two meters and the loud noise that some compares to the bike is compared.

While it was Iranian drones that initially wanted the Ukrainian cities, Russia has increased its own production for three differences, and the Geran-1, Geran-2 and Geran-3.

While Russia did not reveal the number of drones it produces in one month, a Modern report Written by Zvezda, a country broadcaster in the country, he is alleged to show a drone factory in the Taturistan region of Russia. The report detailed the growing workforce of the factory, which is completed by high school students who get training during work.

Just as Ukraine has continued to develop its weapons since the invasion began widely in February 2022, drones in Russia have gone through many technological promotions.

Ukraine says that drones can now be equipped with more than 90 kilograms of explosives and have been found with shrapnel ammunition to cause damage to a wider area.

Russia also launches uninhabited air vehicles in the largest helicops, in an attempt to overcome the defense system in Ukraine. While Kyiv continues to drop The vast majority of themThe huge size of secrets means more drones through defense systems and hitting targets.

“Now we are at the most challenging time,” said Matvianco.

“Previously, they launched like 300 to 400 drones in the entire country, and now they focus on two cities or two cities.”

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In recent weeks, KYIV has been attacked several times.

On June 28, At least 28 people They were killed and more than 100 were wounded when drones and capital missiles targeted over a period of nine hours. A drone criticized a high -end residential building, destroying many units.

Then, at night hours between July 8 and July 9, Russia launched the largest barrage of drones so far, with 728 targeting Ukraine along with 13 missiles.

Yuriy Ignat, Air Force spokesman in Ukraine, compared the script with high -speed chess.

“One can imagine what happens when 741 drones and missiles appear simultaneously on the map of Ukraine,” said Aghanat.

“During those moments, leaders make difficult decisions about the methods that must be used to drop.”

As part of a weapon, Russia also launches drones, which consist of similar components but do not carry a warhead.

there Several types of trapsIncluding some, which is very similar to the Iranian Shahid drone and the models of neighbors resulting from Russian. This makes it difficult for the Air Force in Ukraine to discover real systems, which extends to air defense systems further.

A more advanced navigation system

When Russia launches drones, Ukraine uses the radar to discover incoming weapons and then spread a variety of roads to try to intercept them, but the promotions on drones created several challenges.

Agaat said that one of the changes was drawn in a black coating that makes it more difficultly difficult at night.

Experts say the devices are now equipped with The global satellite system for navigation, which includes Safif is larger than the antennas and makes them more resistant to electronic jamming.

The songs said that drones fly up – often at a height of two kilometers or higher – which makes it difficult for mobile defense teams to drop them with machine guns.

They also fly faster.

Experts say that the Geran-2 model can travel about 200 km/h. The latest Geran-3 drone, which has been replaced by the piston engine with jet energy. More than 500 km/h.

While Ukraine uses F-16 combat aircraft, helicopters and air defense missiles to try to land the drones, Matviienko says that Ukraine needs a flood of relatively cheap and cheap aircraft that can fly at least 300 km/h.

He added that there are a few relatively few local producers who make them.

Financing for more production

In a meeting with journalists last month, Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski The mobile firefighters in Ukraine now said using drones more than machine guns.

He said that four companies are currently manufactured by an objectionable drone, with two of them “really very successful in this field.” He said that Ukraine was ready to increase production and obtained a financing agreement with Germany.

Zelinski added that Canada has also committed to preparing its support

According to what was reported by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Dennis Shmeisal, the allies during a meeting earlier this week that Kiev needed 6 billion dollars from the United States to deliver a lack of weapons production for this year, which includes Done -made aircraft manufacturing.