Russia shoots down 35 Ukrainian drones as both sides step up attacks

[CharlieH]

 

Russia and Ukraine launched more than a dozen drones at each other’s territory for a second day on Sunday, one of which apparently targeted a Russian military airport, while a Ukrainian civilian was killed after drone debris slammed into his house near the Black Sea.

At least 35 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight over three regions in south-western Russia, the Russian defence ministry said in a post on the messaging app Telegram.

 

A Russian airbase hosting bomber aircraft used in Ukraine was among the targets, according to a Russian Telegram channel critical of the Kremlin. The channel posted short videos of drones flying over low-rise housing in what it claimed was the Russian town of Morozovsk, whose airbase is home to Russia’s 559th bomber aviation regiment.

 

Vasily Golubev, the governor of Russia’s Rostov province, also reported “mass drone strikes” near Morozovsk and another town farther west, but did not mention the airbase. Golubev said most the drones were shot down and there were no casualties. He did not comment on any damage.

Also on Sunday morning, Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 20 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched overnight by Russian troops in southern and western Ukraine, as well as one X-59 cruise missile launched from Russian-occupied Ukraine in the south.

A civilian was killed overnight near Odesa, a key port on Ukraine’s southern Black Sea, after the remnants of a destroyed drone fell on his house, Ukraine’s military said.

 

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[thaibeachlovers]

IMO the drone attacks are more psy war than intended to win the conflict through destruction. If either side wanted to actually do some major damage, all they have to do is send so many at once that the defense can't cope. That's the draw back of missile defenses; they are extremely expensive and high tech, which means there is a limit to the number of missiles that can be fired at any one time.