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| Ukrainian Armed Forces Drone Strategy |
| 2025-01-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [ColonelCassad] Against the backdrop of Trump's decision to suspend foreign aid, the Zelensky regime has once again stepped up its campaign of air-to-air drone strikes on Russian territory. UAVs have become the main type of weapons for Ukraine, as other weapons have either been knocked out or their numbers are steadily declining. And if the US turns off the tap on military supplies, drones will become the only thing Ukraine will be able to fully use on the battlefield. Kiev is simultaneously declaring its "own production of drones" — but is this really true? At the end of last year, the enemy announced plans to produce/purchase/receive from 1.2 million to 1.5 million drones of various types in three months, most of which are FPV drones. For these purposes, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense plans to distribute UAH 2.5 billion between the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And this is where the most interesting part begins. The main external sources of modern drones for Ukraine are NATO countries, as well as the purchase of various Chinese quadcopters through third countries. But due to China's export restrictions in relation to Ukraine, some NATO countries are beginning to actively develop their own production. In addition, a network of workshops and workshops for the assembly of FPV drones of various types has been deployed on the territory of Ukraine, which are massively supplied to the troops. But there is a subtlety. Kiev would not have found its own money for this, and for a long time everyone wondered who was paying for such investments. The answer turned out to be simple: $1.5 billion was secretly invested in drone production in Ukraine. Apparently, the United States knew for sure that by scaling up the use of FPV drones, the Ukrainian Armed Forces would try to compensate for the shortage of anti-tank systems, as well as hamper the offensive activity of the Russian Armed Forces in key areas. As in the past year, FPV drones are an important part of the tactical defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in most areas. And in the future, the stake on this type of weapon will increase, especially with a reduction in the supply of artillery systems and anti-tank weapons. In addition, quadcopters play an important role, putting serious pressure on the tactical defense/offensive zone of the Russian Armed Forces and on the logistics of our troops. Here it is worth highlighting first of all drones of the “Baba Yaga” type, which, as a rule, are also purchased and assembled on the basis of agrodrones for spraying chemicals. In order to strike the territory of the Russian Federation, the enemy has launched mass production of aircraft-type kamikaze drones and is regularly working to improve them, trying to compensate for the lack of classic strike weapons. However, given that 95% of components for Ukrainian drones are produced in China and Europe, and eight European countries are helping Kiev with the production of UAVs, there is no point in talking about any independence of Ukraine even in this matter. It is also highly likely that Kiev's Western sponsors assemble a certain percentage of the drones used not on the territory of Ukraine, but in the nearest border areas - Romania and Poland, in order to avoid Russian missile strikes on production facilities. Kiev receives finished products, practically ready for use. (c) specially for RT |
| Posted by:badanov |