Soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces told about the work on the destruction of Ukrainian drones in their area

On April 24, soldiers of the mobile fire group of the 1194 regiment of the Southern Group of Forces spoke about the work on the destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the area of a special military operation.

"We are going to a point where we are working on drones, unmanned aircraft. <...> The less panic there is, the more results. <...> If I find that a drone is following me, I turn on electronic warfare (electronic warfare system. — Ed.), as if it were turned on, and I get out, I start shooting back," said the driver with the call sign Thomas.

Izvestia correspondent Egor Kildibekov noted that the mobile group is armed with a Kalashnikov armored machine gun (PKT). According to him, this weapon is one of the most effective against FPV drones and cruise UAVs.

"We shoot down a lot. But they fly in different ways. We don't travel the same route either. PKT is triple. Electric drive. It shoots with one, two, and three barrels," said the deputy platoon commander with the call sign Brigadier.

Entangled the shores: anti-drone units have been created in the Navy

Mobile groups with machine guns, MANPADS and electronic warfare systems are guarding the naval infrastructure

On April 23, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that UAV crews of the unit of the unmanned Systems Forces (UAVs) of the 18th Combined Arms Army from the Dnepr group of forces discovered and destroyed the AFU drone control center on the right bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region.