The drone war rages in the sky of Ukraine. kyiv has long been able to count on the undeniable superiority conferred on him on this plans the Bayraktar drones, of Turkish manufacturing, with a long -term possibility of local production. These drones contributed to the stop inflicted on the Russian offensive of February 24, to the point of being celebrated by a song exhilarating the Ukrainian resistance. President Zelensky also welcomed warmly on September 9, Selçuk Bayraktar, the Turkish industrialist who gave his name to such drones and who happens to be the son -in -law of the Turkish Head of State: ” each in Ukraine Know what Bayraktar is and know your company. Thank you and President Erdogan, thank you for your support and that of Turkish citizens in this war against Russian aggression. “Moscow tries to compensate for such weakness in Acquiring since this summer of Iranian Shahed (martyr in Persian) Iranian drones, massively used during bombing of October 10 and 11 on civilian targets in Ukraine.
“suicid” drones
Unlike Turkish Bayraktar, Shahed drones are relatively not very sophisticated. But they have a range of 2,500 kilometers and can fly more than 185 kilometers an hour for the Shahed-136 model, hundreds of copies have already been delivered to the Russian army. They are produced by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries, a company designated by its Persian acronym of Hesa and placed on the es lists of Western sanctions due to its collaboration on the nuclear program . This type of drones has already carried out spectacular attacks, in September 2019 against oil installations in Saudi Arabia, then in January against the territory of the United Arab Emirates, attacks claimed by the pro-Iranian rebels of Yemen, but largely attributed to the ‘Iran himself. These drones are said to be “suicide bomber” because of their “sacrifice” during the raid. The Islamic Republic has also chosen to call them “martyr”, a term so busy that Russia renamed them … “geranium”. This is how the Shahed-136 become in Russian of Geran-2!
As of September 13, the Ukrainian army claims to have shot down a Shahed-136 not far from Koupiansk, a strategic locality of the northern Donbass, reconquered a few days later. On September 25, it was against an administrative building in Odessa that these drones were used, before, a good week later, that a strike sounded in the kyiv Oblast. It is now clear that the Shahed-136 are doomed to in-depth strikes, while Ukrainian leaders denounce the transfer by Russia of Shahed-136 to Belarusian territory, in order to better target kyiv and the northeast of the country. Iranian drones, launched from Belarus or Crimea, are at the heart of the terror campaign led on October 10 and 11 by Russia against civilian targets across Ukraine. kyiv claims to have shot down 13 of the 24 drones launched on October 10, as well as the 13 launches the next day, an affirmation at this unverifiable stage. However, it reflects the determination of the Ukrainian government to face this threat from Iran.
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