Russia's once-rare turbojet drones that fly twice as fast are now attacking Ukraine by the thousands
Source: Business Insider ·
The surge indicates Russia has greatly expanded access to vital parts that Ukraine has repeatedly said can only be found on the global market.
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A Russian Geran-5 drone, filmed by a Wild Hornets interceptor.Wild Hornets/Screenshot via XRussia's use of jet-powered drones against Ukraine has surged to over 2,000 a month.It's a sign that Moscow has greatly expanded access to engines and electronics it can't make at home.Ukraine reports intercepting only about 60% of drone attacks since turbojet threats surged this summer.New tallies from Kyiv show that Russia was able to bombard Ukraine with thousands of jet-powered attack drones — a rare weapon just a year-and-a-half ago — over the summer.Col. Yuriy Ignat, the main spokesperson for Ukraine's air force, told national broadcaster TSN on Wednesday that the Kremlin has launched 7,700 turbojet drones into Ukraine so far.The bulk of these appeared over the summer, surging from 350 jet-powered drones in June to 1,500 in July, before leaping to 2,850 in August, he said.Russia has launched 1,900 of the faster, more advanced drones so far this month.That means that at least half of all…