The Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk, released statistics that shows that Ukrainian air defense units had destroyed 228 means of air attack in February of 2024. Most of them were Lancet kamikaze drones - 116 units as well as Shahed-131/136 kamikaze drones - 64 units.
In addition, 27 Zala, 14 Orlan-10, three SuperCam reconnaissance drones as well as seven other drones of an undetermined type were shot down.
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In particular these statistics look indicative and reflect russians` priorities in use of certain types of drones at the frontline.
Situation looks clear in the case of Lancet drones, as this type of UAV is actively used by occupiers to attack various types of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, there was a case when the armor of the 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer withstood hit of Lancet drone.
In addition, it is known that Lancet drones usually work together with reconnaissance UAVs, mainly with Zala drones. They could have been shooting down to disrupt the Lancet strike. In turn, the figure of 64 downed Shahed drones related to the fact that russians redirected these drones after changing the combat part to other targets, including important infrastructure in the frontline areas of Ukraine at the end of January 2024.
Earlier Defense Express reported that Ukrainian UAV had destroyed a total of $100 million worth of targets in the russian rear.
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