According to him, weather balloons can reach two meters in diameter.
“They are uncontrollable, but when air currents blow in the right direction, they can be used, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces did,” URA.RU quotes the expert.
He noted that during this week the wind was blowing from the southwest, that is, from the territory of Ukraine to the European part of Russia. However, if it changes, weather balloons will not be launched towards the Russian Federation.
As Ilyin added, the balls of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have explosives attached to them. They can also install a controller on the probe that, based on the satellite’s coordinates, will unclip the harness at a given location.
Let us remember that last night kyiv tried to attack targets in Russian territory with missiles, rockets, drones and balloons. According to the Ministry of Defense, three small balloons were destroyed over the Voronezh region and two more over the Belgorod region.
