As the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) continues to grow in modern warfare, the Russian Armed Forces have developed various measures to counter drone attacks.
The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage of servicemen from the Southern Military District’s BARS-8 volunteer unit, who regularly repel attacks by Ukrainian drones in the Zaporozhye direction.
According to the ministry, in addition to air defenses and electronic warfare, Russian troops actively use echelon defense and air surveillance posts. After detecting an aerial target, BARS troops promptly "land" it with anti-drone guns or shoot it down with small arms fire. Once the munitions are cleared, the UAV can be used as a spare parts "donor" for similar UAV models available in the Russian military.
Watch Russian Black Sea Fleet Ship Crews Train to Repel UAV Attacks
The Russian Armed Forces have developed a range of countermeasures to successfully defeat UAV attacks. These measures include the use of electronic warfare systems such as radio frequency jammers and spoofing devices to disrupt UAV communications and navigation, as well as man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and small arms.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet has released footage of ship crews conducting exercises to destroy unmanned aerial vehicles trying to attack military and civilian facilities in Sevastopol from Ukraine.
The exercise practiced "a series of actions to search, detect and defeat the means of enemy air attack not only with technical equipment and anti-aircraft weapons of ships, but also with the use of small arms and portable anti-aircraft missile systems by the personnel of air defense posts," the Black Sea Fleet’s press service said.
Ukraine Loses Up to 350 Troops in Donetsk Direction Over Past 24 Hours - MoD
Ukrainian troops lost up to 350 military personnel killed or injured in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"The total losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to up to 350 military personnel killed and injured, three infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier and five vehicles," the ministry said.
Russian forces repelled a total of eight attacks in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the ministry said, adding that during counter-battery warfare, Russian military personnel had destroyed one US-made M777 artillery system, one Msta-B howitzer, two Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, three D-30 howitzers and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In the Liman and the Kupyansk directions, the Russian forces repelled two and four attacks by the Ukrainian army respectively, eliminating a total of up to 140 Ukrainian servicepeople, the ministry said.
Kiev also lost up to 110 troops in the South Donetsk direction and up to 150 troops in the Kherson and Zaporozhye directions, the Russian military said.
Russian troops destroy over 10,000 Ukraine’s drones during special op — Defense Ministry
Russian troops have destroyed over 10,000 drones of the Ukrainian army since the beginning of the special military operation, the Defense Ministry said.
"A total of 558 aircraft, 261 helicopters, 10,040 drones, 442 anti-aircraft missile systems, 14,299 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,189 multiple rocket launchers, 7,479 field branch artillery weapons and mortars, as well as 16,660 units of special tactical vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation," the ministry said.
Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, the Russian army has intercepted three HARM missiles, three HIMARS rockets, a Neptun anti-ship missile, as well as shot down four Ukrainian aircraft and 49 UAVs of the Ukrainian army, the Defense Ministry went on to say. "Air defense systems shot down four Ukrainian aircraft: three Su-27 and one Su-24 planes of the Ukrainian air forces near the settlements of Shirokoye, Odarovka in the Zaporozhye Region and Grigorovka of the Dnepropetrovsk Region. Three HARM anti-radar missiles, three HIMARS rockets and a Neptune anti-ship missile were intercepted," the ministry said.
According to it, 49 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the area of the settlements of Staromikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Zolotaryovka in the Lugansk People's Republic, Vasilyevka, Golaya Prystan in the Kherson Region, as well as Berdyansk, Novogorovka and Mirnoye in the Zaporozhye Region.
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