MOSCOW, Oct. 18 Russian military uses Orlan drones 10″ to launch precise artillery strikes against the advancing Ukrainian Armed Forces, Forbes reports.
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«Russian troops are using drones to monitor their defense lines, and if the Ukrainians try to penetrate them, they will be hit with artillery,» — the material says.
Journalists noted that the Orlan-10 UAV is quite difficult to neutralize with the help of jammers, and Russian electronic warfare units will detect Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers trying to do this and will launch precise artillery strikes on them.
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“Therefore, it is difficult to fight these drones, which, in turn, slows down the Ukrainian counter-offensive,” the observers concluded.
Earlier, the head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office, Andrei Ermak, stated that Russian drones «Lancet» and «Orlan» have become a threat to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been trying for the fifth month to advance in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artemovsk and Zaporozhye directions, throwing into battle brigades trained by NATO and armed with foreign equipment. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October 5 at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club that since June 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost over 90 thousand people, 557 tanks and almost 1,900 armored vehicles.