UK says decline in Russian drone strikes against Ukraine points to 'depletion' of its arsenals

British intelligence services say that Moscow is looking for "a different axis" to carry out these attacks from points closer to kyiv

MADRID, 1 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The United Kingdom Intelligence services have affirmed this Wednesday that the decrease in drone attacks against Ukraine by Russia points to an apparent "exhaustion" of its arsenals, before adding that Moscow would be looking for "a different axis" to execute these attacks from points closer to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

Thus, they have highlighted that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense indicated on February 27 that it had shot down eleven of the fourteen drones launched the previous day against the country, including nine around the airspace over Kiev. These demolitions were the first since February 15, according to a series of messages published by the British Ministry of Defense on its Twitter account.

"This drop in the rate of kamikaze drone attacks probably indicates that Russia has exhausted its arsenal. It will probably look for new supplies," they pointed out, before noting that "the attack vector" reveals that "they were most likely launched from the Russian province of Briansk". "This would reduce the time in the air and is an attempt to stretch the Ukrainian air defenses," they have settled.

"Previously, the only observed launch point since mid-December 2022 was from the Krasnodar region, beyond the Azov Sea. A second launch point would give the Russians a different axis of attack, closer to Kiev," have argued.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has indicated this Wednesday in a message published on its official account on the social network Facebook that "on the night of February 28 to March 1, the enemy attacked Ukraine from the north with 'Shahed' type drones '". "The four kamikaze drones were destroyed by the air defense forces." "To victory", he has settled.