{"id":51094,"date":"2022-12-30T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=51094"},"modified":"2022-12-30T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:59:07","slug":"ukraine-plans-to-develop-air-to-air-drones-capable-of-shooting-down-shahedis-deputy-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=51094","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine plans to develop air-to-air drones capable of shooting down &#8220;shahedis&#8221; &#8211; Deputy Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate . 30 . December . 2022 | War News.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine plans to develop air-to-air drones capable of shooting down kamikaze drones on the territory of the country.\u00a0This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister &#8211; Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov in an interview with AP .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As noted, Ukraine purchased about 1,400 Fly Eye drones, which are used for reconnaissance.&nbsp;According to Fedorov, the next stage after equipping reconnaissance drones will be the development of attack UAVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And the next stage, when we are more or less equipped with reconnaissance drones, is strike drones,&#8221; Fedorov said.&nbsp;&#8220;These are both exploding drones and drones that fly at a distance of three to ten kilometers and hit targets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister notes that the situation with drones &#8220;will drastically change in February-March.&#8221;&nbsp;In addition, Ukraine plans to increase &#8220;the number of missions with strike drones.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are talking about drones, UAVs, UAVs that we are developing in Ukraine. Well, in any case, this will be the next step in the development of technologies,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I can already say that the situation with drones will radically change in February or March,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fedorov added that his team now devotes 70% of its time to military technology, and providing the army with drones is one of its main tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Addition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent weeks, Russia has used Iranian-made Shahed drones in its airstrikes on Ukrainian territory, in addition to missile, cruise missile and artillery attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine\u00a0announced\u00a0that the occupiers began to release Iranian-made Shahed-131 drones, which are smaller than the Shahed-136, in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:\u00a0Ukrgate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate . 30 . December . 2022 | War News.\u00a0 Ukraine plans to develop air-to-air drones capable of shooting down kamikaze drones on the territory of the country.\u00a0This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister &#8211; Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov in an interview with AP . 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