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In the south of the Armed Forces, two Russian UAVs were knocked down, which coul...

The Armed Forces destroyed the rare drone

In the south of the Armed Forces, two Russian UAVs were knocked down, which could attack the goals in Kherson and Nikolaev. South Air Command reported on its official Facebook page that drones have been shot down recently, which the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation rarely used. The military also shared the video. According to the Air Command "South" of the Armed Forces, with the help of air defense, the Ukrainian military managed to "land" two combat UAVs issued by the enemy.

The incident happened on December 20, 2022 in the afternoon. Both drones were then discovered on the ground. The command also clarified that it was the shot-reconnaissance drone "Orion", which had to attack the goals in the Kherson region, and the drone of operative-tactical purposes flying towards the Nikolaev area (the name of the apparatus is not reported). The video shows the work of an anti -aircraft missile unit, which knocks one of the above Russian drones.

It is known that in the documentation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the shock UAV "Orion" is still referred to as an "inhabit". According to open data, its runway is 1000 kg, a payload that it can carry - 200 kg. According to Russian engineers, the drone is able to spend the whole day in the air, while the range of its flight reaches 250 km, and the height - more than 7 km. The speed it develops varies from 120 to 200 km/h.