War: Ukraine Blows Up Over 300 Iranian kamikaze Drones Fired By Russia

Ukrainian troops have shot down over 300 Iranian kamikaze drones fired by Russian forces.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukraine has destroyed more than 300 Iranian Shahed-136 “kamikaze” drones so far, officials have said.

The drones have become a key weapon in Russia’s arsenal during its war in Ukraine and have frequently been used in the past month to target crucial energy infrastructure.

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However, air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told a briefing on Friday that Ukrainian forces were having significant success in preventing them from hitting civilian targets.

Speaking last week, Mr Ihnat estimated that the Ukrainian air force was managing to shoot down the vast majority of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched by Russia.

He said: “If we take two weeks of extreme use of our combat forces against drones (Shahed-136) and the effectiveness of their downing, then today we have a figure of 85 percent.”

Attendees included German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and other senior politicians and officials.

A former US Marine John Sennett, who lives in Ukraine with his Belarusian wife Natasha, had described hearing several drones flying over his Kyiv flat, including one which smashed into a nearby building, killing at least four people including a pregnant woman.

He explained: “At about 6.30, 6.45 this morning we heard this buzzing noise and then literally maybe three minutes later a huge explosion.

“And so we ran in ran into the hallway and we heard another buzzing noise and then another explosion, probably 700 metres from where we live, I’m guessing about that.

“And then we heard another one a little bit later and then we heard a little bit more buzzing here and there and then they put an air raid on saying Kaliber missiles had been shot from the Caspian Sea, but they hit Vinnytsia and Lviv, they didn’t hit Kyiv.”

He added: “They sound like a little motor scooter, like a moped, like the older ones that are a little bit louder.

“One went literally went right over our place – you hear them going and then you hear the explosion.”

Iran has denied Ukrainian and Western accusations that it is supplying drones to Russia.

However, in September the Ministry of Defence suggested it was “highly likely” Russia was deploying them as its stocks of weaponry “dwindled”.

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In a series of tweets it said: “On 13 September 2022, Ukrainian officials reported that their forces had shot down a Shahed-136 UAV near Kupiansk, in the area of Ukraine’s successful ongoing offensive.

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