Air defense systems destroyed 2,622 Ukrainian UAVs in a week

Air defense systems have shot down at least 2,622 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian territory in a week. Information about this appeared on May 4.

"In a week, the Russian air defense intercepted and destroyed at least 2,622 Ukrainian UAVs over the country's territory," RIA Novosti reports.

It is noted that 571 drones were shot down on April 30. This is the largest number of downed UAVs per day between April 27 and May 3.

It is known that from April 20 to April 26, the Russian air defense intercepted at least 2,745 Ukrainian drones.

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Russian drones are capable of destroying aerial targets at a distance of 50 km.

On May 3, the commander of a platoon of shock UAVs with the call sign Shum said that over the past week, the operators of the UAVs of the North group of forces had destroyed more than 10 electronic warfare (EW) stations The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kharkiv area of the special operation zone. It is noted that drone operators are monitoring the situation around the clock. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to disguise their means of radio interference, but the Russian fighters still reveal the targets and destroy them.