A few hours ago, the governor of the Russian region of Belgorod announced that a drone attack caused a fire at an energy facility in the region, adding that the main cause of the fire was a falling device. explosive from a drone, although there were no injuries. or loss of life.
As before, Moscow was attacked last week by 8 drones which caused “minor” damage to buildings, which Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out with drones, while Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Kiev was trying to intimidate the Russians by launching drone attacks. on the capital.
Sophisticated models
According to a report published by the American network “CNN”, these attacks have raised doubts about the development of a “secret program of marches in Ukraine”, because these recent attacks indicate the development by Kiev of models capable of hiding from radars and penetrate deep into Russian territory. territory. The network quoted one of the walkers in Ukraine, Valery Borovik, as saying that an almost invisible drone has been developed, and its voice is impossible to hear due to its mastery of concealment, as one called it in Ukrainian “Vidsic”, meaning blocking, and it is a combat aircraft designed to attack Russian sites. Borovik is one of dozens of drone developers that have sprung up across Ukraine, with the first wave of drone development emerging when Russia first occupied Crimea and parts of Donbass in 2014 and then again eight years later when Moscow launched its large-scale military operation in the interior. Ukrainian territory. . The drones were first deployed to help artillery locate Russian targets, and now many believe they are being used to strike targets inside Russian territory. Borovik says his company is ramping up production after signing a deal with a factory in Ukraine that would boost production from 50 planes a month to more than 1,000, with models in all shapes and sizes. It’s part of an official Ukrainian initiative called “Drone Army”, which has eased import restrictions and taxes on drone technology, spurring the development of a domestic industry to better supply the country’s military. The report mentions a reference to one of the Ukrainian long-range drones known as “UJ-22”, with a range of up to 800 km.
secret program
From Ukraine, political expert and editor of “Ukraine in Arabic”, Muhammad Faraj Allah, spoke in exclusive statements to “Sky News Arabia”, about the details of the development of the marches inside Kiev and their use in targeting Russian sites, stating that:
Ukraine is one of the countries that has a developed military industry and it has participated in many military forums and exhibitions on military production, but it did not prepare for war and did not develop drones in a significative way. The war woke up the Ukrainian war machine, and so interest rushed to develop the “drone” project. A year ago, the Ukrainian Chief of Staff spoke when he said: “We need an army of marches”, that is, the sky and the seaplanes. The first Ukrainian 1,000 kilometer march was presented at the end of last year as the first successful experience and in the greatest secrecy. It is clear that the Military Industries Complex, in the light of this war, managed in record time to produce the military machines that the battle needed, with the large number of experiments and tests being carried out. Ukraine’s ability to produce drones is shrouded in absolute secrecy, but I think the industrial complex is working a lot on this issue, especially after it burst into parades in recent weeks.
Military and political messages
Farajallah explained that Ukraine’s targeting of Russian sites using marches carries 3 basic messages, which are:
The first: to the Russian people that it is not far from the battlefield, which can move in depth, which changes the way of thinking of Russian leaders to reach a settlement of the current crisis. The second: addressed to Ukraine’s Western allies, that they must stop fearing Moscow’s reaction and provide Kiev with heavy weapons to resolve the battle and avoid heavy civilian casualties, and thus target internal sites with marches represents a blow to the prestige of Russia. Third: Deep bombing has a strategic significance, because we have seen Ukraine hit Russian railways, ammunition depots and gas stations in the regions, because it knows that this ammunition is coming to its lands and is looking for to hit them before they reach them.
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