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So far, Russian forces have destroyed 3,687 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine, according to the Russian Ministry of Defence. In response to the aggressive informational warfare of the Ukrainian side, Russian military officials are now actively sharing the footage of the ongoing military operation, showing their victories.
After Russian forces secured the airspace over Ukraine, the mass deployment of the Russian UAVs became possible. The drones that are deployed in the operations in Ukraine carry out reconnaissance, fire correction, as well as the combat use of weapons of destruction against targets.
The Russian Army deploys various types of UAVs in Ukraine, including modernized Orlan UAVs with improved optics, Forpost-R, as well as Inohodets attack UAVs.
Thus, a big number of videos made by Russian drones were released.
On March 13, the Ministry of Defense shared footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian MLRS by an UAV. The strike was carried out with high-precision ammunition from a height of more than 3,000 meters.
The strike was carried out by the Forpost-R UAV which was basically produced as a reconnaissance drone but latter received strike functions. The maximum take-off weight is 500 kg. The cruising speed of the drone is 120-180 km / h, the maximum flight duration is at least 10 hours, the altitude is almost 6 thousand meters.
Previously produced under an Israeli license, a copy of the Israeli Searcher MkII, it is now produced only with Russian domestic materials. The Forpost-R is also equipped with a modern domestic APD-85 engine.
“The unmanned aerial vehicle is designed to destroy single stationary, mobile and moving ground objects, conduct aerial and optoelectronic reconnaissance,” the description of the Forpost-R sample, exhibited at the Army-2021 forum, said.
On March 11, another video was released by the Russian Ministry of Defence showing the Russian strike UAV Forpost which hit a fortified stronghold of Ukrainian forces from about 4 thousand meters with high-precision ammunition.
Another video shared online on March 13 shows a high-precision strike by the Russian Iskander missile at the AFU command post in the Kharkiv region.
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Another video was reportedly made by the Russian reconnaissance drone on the southern outskirts of Izyum where fighting continues for several days. It shows the Smerch MLRS missile strikes on the UAF .
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Another video shows a pinpoint strike on a civilian house which Ukrainian soldiers used as a warehouse. The footage was reportedly made in the Kiev region.
Losses in the Russian UAVs are also reported.
Another Russian Forpost UAV was shot down in the Zhytomyr region on March 12.
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