MOSCOW, May 28 Russia liquidated all Ukrainian The fleet of Bayraktar TB2 UAVs, depriving the Armed Forces of an important strategic strike weapon, writes Business Insider.
According to analyst Samuel Bendett, such drones work well in conditions where the enemy does not have a sophisticated air defense system and electronic warfare. Russia very quickly began to use its EW and shot down many Ukrainian UAVs, the article says.
Last year, Kiev reported that it had received 50 TB2 drones since February 2022, but by the end of the year they had practically disappeared from the battlefield. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using the remaining Turkish-made vehicles for surveillance and reconnaissance flights, without using them in real battles, Bendett specified.
According to the publication, Russia is at the forefront of the war with drones, and, according to experts, destroys in month to ten thousand Western aircraft of this type, transferred to the Ukrainian side.