Kostenko: Ukrainian drones eliminated 65% of Russian soldiers and 75% of enemy equipment

This was stated by the Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Colonel Roman Kostenko of the Security Service of Ukraine in the program of Ihor Dolhov on the Ukrinform YouTube channel.

“According to last year's statistics, 65% of Russian soldiers on the battlefield were killed by Ukrainian drones. Not by artillery, not by mines, not by small arms, but by drones,” he said.

According to him, 75% of Russian equipment was also destroyed by drones launched by the Ukrainian side.

The parliamentarian emphasized that these figures clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of drones on the battlefield.

At the same time, Kostenko noted that artillery, of course, has not lost its importance and is capable of changing the enemy's intentions: “When a 152-mm shell flies at you, you really think about whether you should go further.”

“However, statistics are statistics, and the enemy suffers the greatest losses from drones,” he summarized.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, aerial reconnaissance men of the 4th Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service destroyed eleven positions of Russian invaders in Kharkiv region using Baba Yaga drones.