"The army of the Russian Federation degraded": the expert declared the deterioration of Russian drones

The Russians spent their mass drones and sought help from Iran. The number and quality of drones in the Russian army is gradually deteriorating, while Ukraine improves its technologies. Valery Yakovenko told this in an interview with Gazeta. ua. At the beginning of a full -scale war, great fears caused a considerable number of drones that are in service with Russian troops. It seemed that Ukraine and Russia have about the same technological level, but the latter had a huge numerical advantage.

In fact, the situation was different. "In a few months they saw that while the Ukrainian army was evolving, receiving new images of defense weapons monthly, Russian - degraded," Valery Yakovenko said. - "The equipment that was in their warehouses was lost or damaged. And it is very difficult to restore it under sanctions, if possible. " One of the most massive drones of Russian production is the reconnaissance unmanned aircraft "Orlan-10" with a radius of up to 120 km and sometimes flight up to 16.

5 hours. According to Yakovenko, despite its primitiveness, such devices were threatened, but later the Ukrainian military learned to knock them down, revealing by thermal track. When there are very few "eagles" left in the Russian military, they began to use other, less popular models. According to the expert, there are many different manufacturers in Russia who collect aircraft from foreign parts. Sometimes they just change stickers by giving Chinese or Iranian drones for their own.

Russians produce mainly housings, and electronics are often imported, so now they cannot provide the army with sufficient UAVs due to shortage of parts for staffing. A sign of shortage and deterioration is the purchase of drones from Russia from Iran. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation receive low-tech drones-Kamikadze, but they are also not enough. Many companies refuse to cooperate with the Russians, fearing the US punishment.