Ukraine tends to manufacture air-to-air combat drones ;Minister says

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Kyiv, UKRAINE (AP)December, 28  Ukraine has purchased about 1,400 drones, mainly for reconnaissance, said the Ukrainian Minister of State for Technology, who said the explosive drones used by Russia during its invasion of the country were among the largest in the country. We are planning to develop a combat model that can attack. Ukrainian government.

In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Digital Transformation Minister Mikhail Fedorov described Russia’s war in Ukraine as the first major war of the Internet age. We believe that satellite internet systems like Starlink have changed the conflict.

Ukraine has purchased drones like the Fly Eye, a small unmanned aerial vehicle used for intelligence, battlefield surveillance and reconnaissance.

“And the next stage, more or less equipped with reconnaissance drones, are strike drones,” said Fedorov. “These are both drones that explode and drones that fly 3 to 10 kilometers and hit a target.”


He predicted “the deployment of more attack drones” in the future, but did not give details. Anyway, it will be the next step in technology development,” he said.

Russian officials have claimed several Ukrainian drone attacks on military bases in recent weeks, including on Monday that Russian forces shot down a drone that was approaching Engels Air Force Base. Also included are Ukrainian borders.f