Russia ramps up drone and missile attacks on Ukraine
In the fall of 2024, Russia launched over 6,000 missiles at Ukraine. Rockets and drones are targeting Ukrainian cities as the aggressor continues increasing their use. The shelling is more intense than last year. The Russians now have a production line in Tatarstan producing designs similar to Iranian Shaheds.
In the last three months, Russia has launched over 6,000 missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities and villages, four times more than during the same period last year. According to the Ukrainian portal 24 Kanal, about half of them could have been "unarmed decoys."
The portal refers to reports from the "Wall Street Journal." Americans have determined that Russia uses cheap decoy drones to exhaust Ukrainian air defence.
Russian drones head towards Ukrainian cities and villages
A factory in Tatarstan enables mass drone bombardment. The Russians can produce 1,200 Iranian Shahed analogues per month.
Russian production is based on the Shahed 136-strike unmanned aerial vehicles produced since the second decade of the 21st century by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation. In Russia, the device is named Geran-2.
Ukraine is trying to counteract Russian attacks by actively using radio-electronic warfare methods. In October and November, it managed to intercept 93% of the drones and just over 8% of the ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
According to the Ukrainian portal, on the night of December 8 Eastern Time, Russia attacked Ukraine, launching 2 guided aircraft missiles and 37 Shahed-type strike drones. Ukrainian air defence forces destroyed 2 X-59/69 missiles and 18 drones.
Russians also attacked with full force on the night of December 4 to 5 Eastern Time. The Security Service of Ukraine revealed that the attacks occurred in the Kerch Strait. However, Ukrainian forces were able to repel enemy forces. Traffic on the Crimean Bridge was halted for several hours.
