Zelensky warns that Russia has planned a "war of attrition" with Iranian drones

MADRID, 2 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, stressed on Monday that Russia is resorting to a kind of "war of attrition" using drones of Iranian origin.

"We have information that Russia has a long-term Shahed drone attack planned," Zelensky said in his daily evening speech.

Moscow would thus seek "the exhaustion of our people, of our anti-aircraft defenses, of our energy, but we must and will do everything possible so that this terrorist intention fails, like all the others," he argued.

The Russian forces use the so-called kamikaze drones to attack by launching vertically on their targets regardless of their destruction. These are relatively slow Iranian-made drones that are easily shot down by anti-aircraft defenses, although their sheer numbers consume surveillance system resources. In addition, the cost of shooting down these drones is much higher than the cost of the drone itself.

"Only two days have passed since the beginning of the year and more than 80 drones have already been launched over Ukraine," Zelensky said.

Russian forces use these drones mainly to attack cities and infrastructure such as the power grid to cause as much damage as possible.