Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers an address next to an Iranian drone he says has been sent by Russian forces.
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Ukraine’s military is getting better at shooting down Iranian-made Russian drones – up to 85% of them are now being taken out, the British Defense Ministry reported, citing official sources.
The ministry said in its latest war assessment that Russia is likely using the drones as a substitute for Russian-manufactured, long-range precision weapons that are becoming increasingly scarce. “Ukrainian efforts to defeat the Shahed-136 UAVs are increasingly successful,” the ministry said Monday. “These UAVs are slow, noisy and fly at low altitudes” making them relatively easy targets, the ministry added.
The head of Ukraine’s intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, on Monday put the shoot-down rate for the estimated 330 Shahed drones that Russia had released through Saturday at about 70%.
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