“He was shot down in Gulyaipol.”, — write: www.unian.ua
He was shot down in Gulyaipol.
This UAV can conduct reconnaissance, adjust fire and observe the performance of strike drones / screenshotThe new Russian drone “Knyaz Veshchii Oleg” was destroyed in the Zaporizhzhia region. This was reported on Facebook by the Pentagon’s unmanned systems battalion as part of the 225th Special Operations Command.
“Pilots of the interceptor company of the Pentagon 225 battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to shoot down the analogue missile drone Prince Veschii Oleg over Gulyaipol,” the message said.
It states that, according to Russian sources, a new Russian unmanned aerial vehicle has appeared on the line of combat – the Knyaz Veschy Oleg (KVO) aircraft-type reconnaissance drone.
At the same time, the enemy claimed that the main advantage of this device is high survivability, as the Ukrainian military allegedly perceives it as their UAV.
It was noted that this drone can conduct reconnaissance, adjust fire and observe the results of the operation of strike drones.
The Pentagon noted that the new drone of the Russian Federation “Knyaz Veshchii Oleg” has the following characteristics:
- maximum speed – 130 km per hour;
- maximum flight height – 100 meters;
- working flight radius – 45 kilometers.
The war in Ukraine – the destruction of Russian dronesAs UNIAN reported, Galician paratroopers destroyed a Russian reconnaissance drone “Forpost” worth 7.5 million dollars in Sumy Oblast.
The “Military” publication, commenting on the video shown by the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the 8th Corps of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, noted that the Russian UAV was carrying a modified KAB-20 aerial bomb under its right wing. At the same time, it was assumed that he was initially armed with two such ammunition – one under each wing, and, apparently, managed to drop one of them before destruction.
At the same time, the publication noted that it is not known which model was used for the interception, but the interceptor drone was able to catch up and hit the “Forpost”.
The brigade said that the downed reconnaissance UAV “Forpost” is already the second on the account of anti-aircraft fighters of the 80th ODSHB. The message says that the first drone was also shot down in Sumy Oblast in the summer of 2025.
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