UK says Russia has "difficulty" detecting and destroying drones launched by Ukraine

London says Russia is "most likely" rethinking its defensive posture in the area between Ukraine and Moscow"

MADRID, 31 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The United Kingdom Intelligence services have stated this Thursday that Russia's air defense systems are having "difficulties" when it comes to detecting and destroying drones launched by Ukraine, after the wave of attacks carried out between Tuesday night and early morning. on Wednesday against several provinces of the country.

Thus, they have indicated that "Russia suffered five separate attacks with kamikaze drones on the night of August 29 to 30, the largest-scale attack against Russia since the beginning of the conflict", unleashed in February 2022 by the invasion order signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"Explosions were recorded in Moscow, Bryansk and Ryazan, as well as at the Pskov airbase, near the Estonian border," they pointed out, before adding that this latest incident "probably caused damage to several Russian military transport planes." .

Along these lines, they have specified that "during the month of August 2023, Russia has suffered 25 drone attacks", before explaining that "many of them reached their objectives". "Most likely, Russia is rethinking its defensive posture in the area between Ukraine and Moscow to better deal with these attacks," they added.

"Previous attacks on Russian military bases have caused Russian aircraft to disperse to locations across Russia. However, recent attacks on Soltsi and Pskov have shown that drones have significant range, making further dispersal more complicated," they argued.

Finally, they have emphasized that "it is likely that Russia will have to consider the deployment of more air defense systems to air bases that it considers low risk of attacks by drones," according to a statement published by the British Ministry of Defense. through his account on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.