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Eugene

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Thu Apr 4, 2024, 06:27 AM Apr 4

Ukraine said its new attack drones can hit targets 600 miles inside Russia -- and appeared to use them right away

Source: Business Insider

Ukraine said its new attack drones can hit targets 600 miles inside Russia — and appeared to use them right away

Story by sbaker@insider.com (Sinéad Baker) • 1d • 2 min read

Ukraine said it made attack drones that can fly more than 620 miles — just before Russia reported drone attacks on factories around 620 miles from Ukraine's border.

Ukraine's Digital Transformation Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, told German news outlet Welt that Ukraine had developed drone models that can fly more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles).

Soon after, authorities in Russia reported attacks at sites in Tatarstan, which is around 620 miles from the closest point in Ukraine.
The Head of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, said on Telegram that "drone attacks took place against factories in Tatarstan at Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk," Agence France-Presse reported.

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Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/ukraine-said-its-new-attack-drones-can-hit-targets-600-miles-inside-russia-and-appeared-to-use-them-right-away/ar-BB1kWhIJ

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Related: Ukrainian drone hits Russia's third-biggest refinery, damage not critical (Reuters)

Earlier DU thread: Panic as Drone Strikes a Record 800 Miles Inside Russia

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Ukraine said its new attack drones can hit targets 600 miles inside Russia -- and appeared to use them right away (Original Post) Eugene Apr 4 OP
Even if damage inside Russia isn't critical dlk Apr 4 #1
Woohoo for Ukrainian ingenuity! lark Apr 4 #2
600 miles into Russia, Republic of Tatarstan Fla Dem Apr 4 #3
When I first saw the vid of the drone attack I thought it was a Cessna light aircraft. I now see it's a LIght sport mitch96 Apr 4 #4

mitch96

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4. When I first saw the vid of the drone attack I thought it was a Cessna light aircraft. I now see it's a LIght sport
Thu Apr 4, 2024, 02:30 PM
Apr 4

aircraft that the Ukrainians modified with self flying drone technology.. More range and payload.
and And AND it looks like an every day airplane so people might not think it's a problem like a shahed drone.
Just paint a red star or a hammer and sickle on it and no one would be the wiser... till it hits...
Bravo!! Slava Ukraine!!
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