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The UK Intelligence Notes That russia Spent All Iranian Kamikaze Drones, Hopes to Get New Batch

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Iran's Shahed-136 UAVs that are widly used by russia to terrorize civilians around Ukraine / Open source photo
Iran's Shahed-136 UAVs that are widly used by russia to terrorize civilians around Ukraine / Open source photo

As the latest the U.K. Defense Ministry’s Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine states, since September, russia has likely launched hundreds of Iranian-manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against Ukraine. These have been a mixture of one way attack UAVs or kamikaze drones and more traditional reusable arial systems

“Russia has largely used these weapons against tactical military targets and the Ukrainian electricity grid,” the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its daily intelligence update posted on Twitter.

The UK Intelligence Notes That russia Spent All of Iranian Kamikaze Drones, Hopes to Get New Batch, Defense Express

However, recently Russian commanders likely also wanted Iranian-sourced UAVs to prioritise medical facilities as targets of opportunity, and strike them with guided munitions if identified.

Read more: ​Most of the Components of Iranian UAVs Produced by US, European Companies

It’s also likely that Russia has nearly exhausted its current stock of Iran-made weapons and will seek resupply, U.K. Defense Ministry states.

russian Mohajer-6 of Iranian manufacture that was downed by the Ukrainian air defense in September, The UK Intelligence Notes That russia Spent All of Iranian Kamikaze Drones, Hopes to Get New Batch, Defense Express
russian Mohajer-6 of Iranian manufacture that was downed by the Ukrainian air defense in September / Photo credit: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

According to the Ministry’s Defense Intelligence update,no kamikaze drones “strikes have been publicly reported since around 17 November 2022. “Russia has likely very nearly exhausted its current stock, but will probably seek resupply”, the update concludes.

As Defense Express reported, that Most of the Components of Iranian UAVs Produced by US, European Companies. We also wrote on How to Counter Iranian Shahed-136 and Shahed-131 Kamikaze Drones, Used by russia to Strike Ukrainian Cities.

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