Ukraine’s border guards down Russian UAV using anti-drone gun

Ukraine’s border guards down Russian UAV using anti-drone gun

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In Donetsk region, Ukrainian border guards downed a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle employing an anti-drone gun.

This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Ukrinform saw.

The UAV was conducting a reconnaissance flight over the positions manned by a border guards’ unit.

"To suppress the aerial target, the State Border Guard Service’s servicemen used an anti-drone gun. After the enemy quadcopter’s control channels were affected, it lost control and fell into an inaccessible area," the service noted.

Read also: Russia launched over 1,000 drones, missiles at Ukraine's energy infrastructure since Oct

As Ukrinform reported earlier, during the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia has already lost about 190,960 of its servicemen and thousands of units of military equipment.

Photo: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

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