DONETSK, February 15 American Global Hawk UAVs performing in the role of reconnaissance and target designator for Ukrainian weapons, should become a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces, said adviser to the head of the DPR Yan Gagin.
«Always when there was an attack on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, there was an American RQ drone in the sky in the Crimea region in this water area -4B Global Hawk. This is a reconnaissance vehicle and a target designation device. That is, it gave target designation, and these Ukrainian unmanned boats were most likely controlled through it. I believe that this is a legitimate target for us, because this UAV is involved in an attack on our ships «I consider it absolutely legal to shoot down him and anyone else who is involved in these attacks. These attacks will not stop until we start hitting these aircraft,» Gagin said.
He noted that manually escorting Ukrainian unmanned boats, such as MAGURA V5, from Nikolaev or Odessa to the Crimea region is “very difficult, almost impossible,” so it can be assumed that when attacking Russian ships, “target designation and control was carried out through NATO reconnaissance aircraft.»
Gagin also said that the enemy is using wolf pack tactics, which were used for the first time in World War II by fascist submarines — primarily against Lend Lease caravans traveling from America to the Soviet Union. This is an attack by several combat units on one target, in which it is very difficult to escape or escape.
Global Hawk drones were used as a guidance means to attack targets on land, as well as the Crimean Bridge, the interlocutor is sure.