The Ukrainian edition “Strana.ua” reported on the decline in the performance of Ukrainian air defence systems: in January the indicators went down and in the first week of February amounted to 60%.
According to “Strana.ua”, there are several reasons for the decline in the performance of Ukrainian air defence systems. So, when one Russian UAV is hit, others change course, the drones fly to the target accompanied by missiles that shoot off heat traps, and in addition, painted in black colour “Geranium” drones are worse seen in the night sky.
The publication specified that the Russian Armed Forces are conducting additional reconnaissance of the location of the Ukrainian air defence, and the usual UAVs “Geranium” have been replaced by models with jet engines, developing a speed of 450-600 km/h.
We shall remind you that Russian drones struck the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) at night on 10 February. Explosions were heard in Ochakov, Odessa, Izmail, Kiliya, Kharkiv and Sumy regions.