Article 64WX2 Financial toll on Ukraine of downing drones ‘vastly exceeds Russian costs’

Financial toll on Ukraine of downing drones ‘vastly exceeds Russian costs’

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Daniel Boffey in Kyiv
from World news | The Guardian on (#64WX2)

Analysis reveals cost of shooting down cheap drones, but experts say deployment is sign of Moscow's weakness

The cost to Ukraine of downing the "kamikaze" drones being fired at its cities vastly exceeds the sums paid by Russia in sourcing and launching the cheap Iranian-made technology, analysis suggests.

A total of 161 Shahed-136 drones, one larger Shahed-129 and four even larger unmanned attack vehicles known as Mohajer-6s have been shot down by Ukrainian air defences in the last month.

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