The Russian Defense Ministry has shown footage of the combat work of FPV drone operators from the reconnaissance unit of the Western Group of Forces, who distinguished themselves by destroying enemy shelters, personnel and various military equipment.
“In recent days, the servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the Western Group of Forces, using FPV drones, have carried out several precise strikes against enemy equipment, enemy shelters and strongholds, and also shot down about ten Baba Yaga hexocopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. militants,” the Ministry of Defense comments. In Russia, footage of the “kitchen” of drone operators, where they stuff their carbon “birds” with plastic.
The military department said that several maneuverable groups of UAV operators have been created in the units of the West group. The fighters are equipped with the most modern drones. Every day they prepare ambushes for the enemy in the hottest areas of the front. Kamikaze drone operators inspect the line of combat contact and, when they detect enemy forces, hit the target. The units operate day and night: the “birds” are equipped with special cameras for working in the dark.
To ensure that enemy electronic warfare systems cannot be countered, Russian fighters “refurbish” their drones at a field service center deployed underground. There they assemble kamikaze drones from captured drones. They constantly modify them to increase their flight range and payload capacity. One of these equipped drones replaces several mines fired at enemy armored vehicles. In fact, it is a medium bomber among helicopters, from which you cannot hide either in a trench or in a shelter.
“The FPV drone reaches speeds of up to hundreds of kilometers per hour and it is almost impossible to escape from it. There are no limits for drones in the division. As soon as a target appears, the crew on duty attacks,” says the BrLA operator with the call sign “Pushkin.”
