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​Defense Express’ Weekly Review: Ukraine Exceeds UE Artillery Production Rate, South Korea Offers Cardboard Kamikaze Drones, Ukraine Targets Mysterious Containers at russia’s Borisoglebsk Military Airbase

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Ukraine refutes reports of massive bomb being used in Vovchansk / screenshot from video
Ukraine refutes reports of massive bomb being used in Vovchansk / screenshot from video

Digest of Defense Express on the main events of the week

Ukraine Has Matched or Even Exceeded the Combined Self-Propelled Artillery Production Rate of All EU Countries

The production rate of the Bohdana wheeled self-propelled artillery system has reached 15 units per month, with a potential peak of up to 20 units. This can be compared to an annual output of 180 to 240 units, a figure that can be compared to the combined production levels across Europe.

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The Bohdana wheeled self-propelled artillery system / open source

Ukrainian Military Refutes russian Media Reports of Using the ODAB-9000 Massive Bomb

Recently, there have been claims about the alleged use of the ODAB-9000 bomb in Vovchansk. These reports, however, have been refuted by Colonel Vitalii Sarantsev, a spokesperson for the Kharkiv Operational and Tactical Group. Vitalii Sarantsev clarified that the russian forces likely used a munition of lesser power and weight, and the explosion was exaggerated by russian media to create a more dramatic narrative.

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South Korea Offers Cardboard Kamikaze Drones as a Potentially Cheaper Alternative to FPV Copters

Korean Papydrone-800 is a straightforward and cost-effective suicide attack drone, similar to the Australian Sypaq Corvo PPDS. Like its counterpart, it is assembled from cardboard, but may come at an even lower cost.

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The Papydrone-800 drone / Photo credit: The Peach

Ukrainian Drones Strike the Borisoglebsk Military Airbase, Targeting Mysterious Containers (Satellite Images)

On the night of Thursday, October 3, 2024, the Armed Forces of Ukraine drones targeted russian Borisoglebsk military airbase, situated 300 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Reports indicate that this airbase was used as a launch site for the Su-35 and Su-34 aircraft conducting guided bomb strikes on Ukrainian territory.

The results of the strike on the Borisoglebsk airfield on October 4, 2024 Defense Express Defense Express’ Weekly Review: Ukraine Exceeds UE Artillery Production Rate, South Korea Offers Cardboard Kamikaze Drones, Ukraine Targets Mysterious Containers at russia’s Borisoglebsk Military Airbase
The results of the strike on the Borisoglebsk airfield on October 4, 2024 / Photo credit: Radio Liberty

10 Tanks, 33 AFVs, 25 UAVs: the SSU Special Forces Turn Route into a Road of Wrath for russian Occupiers (Video)

“Every step taken by the occupiers on Ukrainian soil turns into a deadly trap, carefully orchestrated by the special forces of the SSU’s A Central Security Office. Precision strikes leave the enemy with no escape, they perish alongside the ruins of their equipment,” the Security Service of Ukraine highlighted on its Telegram channel.

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