Ukraine's creative use of drones throughout the war has sparked rapid developments in unmanned technology.
New footage shows how Ukraine has used repurposed Soviet-era reconnaissance drones to target key air bases deep in Russian territory, as Kyiv increases the pressure on Moscow's air force.
The channel said the clip showed Ukrainian strikes on the Dyagilevo air base in Russia's Ryazan region, 120 miles southeast of Moscow, and an attack on the Engels-2 military base in the country's Saratov region. The bases house aircraft making up Russia's strategic bomber fleet, including the Tu-95, which Russia has deployed to attack Ukrainian targets.
Three Russian engineers were killed, with four treated for injuries, Russia said. Kyiv did not immediately claim responsibility, save from a cryptic comment from Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser. However, a senior Kyiv official toldthat the drones were launched from Ukrainian territory, and special forces were involved in at least one of the strikes.
Ukraine has a few dozen Tu-141s left over from the Cold War era. These were revived by Kyiv when Moscow annexed Crimea and Russian-backed separatists railed against Ukraine in the Donbas in 2014, U.K.-based drone expert Steve Wright toldIt is a blend of cruise missile and reconnaissance drone, and could certainly be repurposed to perform a strike role, Wright said.
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