Ukrainian authorities claimed Tuesday to have shot down some 500 drones launched by the Russian Army and Iranian-made since last September in the midst of the invasion of the territory.
Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force command, has declared that the Ukrainian Armed Forces «will be ready». «We shot down the drones,» he stressed, before detailing that 84 drones «were intercepted and shot down in two days.» «100% have been destroyed by the Ukrainian forces,» he asserted.
«This kind of results have never been harvested before. The number of intercepted drones is almost 500 since mid-September,» he said, according to information from the Ukrinform news agency.
Thus, he assured that «if they continue bombing at this rate, the information gathered by our intelligence services shows that at least half of the 250 drones that make up a new battery have been used».
However, he urged not to underestimate the danger of these drones since Russia «may receive a new battery of these devices from Iran, so Ukraine is preparing for new massive attacks».
Ignat further indicated that the enemy is deliberately using «cheap Iranian drones to cope with Ukrainian air defense systems and put pressure on citizens».
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
