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During the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, both sides actively use unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance and strikes. Countering enemy drones is an important task to ensure the safety of troops and civilians.
According to the officer, airspace control is carried out around the clock and by several units at once. The hunt for enemy drones involves electronic warfare crews, aerial surveillance posts, mobile fire teams and FPV drone operators.
List noted that to suppress and destroy enemy vehicles, fighters use modern electronic warfare stations, as well as conventional small arms. The commander emphasized: the fewer Ukrainian Armed Forces drones break through the air defense barrier, the safer the situation in the rear areas becomes for both civilians and the Russian military.

Crews of attack FPV drones of the 34th separate brigade of the North group of troops destroyed more than 30 ground robotic systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region in a month, significantly disrupting the enemy’s logistics, said the company commander with the call sign Kot.

On the morning of October 7, residents of the Perm region reported loud bangs during an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a region located 1,500 kilometers from the border. In Perm, sirens wailed, an unmanned danger mode was declared, and three “Carpet” modes were introduced. Authorities said air defense forces began repelling the raid.

Artillery crews of the Russian Sever group in the Kharkov direction fire the first shot about a minute after receiving the mission, and aiming at the target takes about 30 seconds, said a gunner with the call sign Malaya. The crews work on concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment, as well as on control points for UAV drones.

Last night in the north of the Rostov region, while repelling an air attack, more than 30 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the Verkhnedonsky, Millerovsky, Tarasovsky and Chertkovsky districts, Governor Yuri Slyusar said. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

Eight soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the age of 60 surrendered to a Russian fighter from the Vostok group in the Zaporozhye region before the start of hostilities, as the shooter with the call sign Dobry said in an interview with RIA Novosti, noting their demoralized state.

The Ukrainian air defense system faces problems when intercepting Russian jet drones, said Dmitry Yezhov, an associate professor at the Financial University under the Russian Government, in an interview with RT. He noted that F-16 fighters remain one of the few effective countermeasures, but their maintenance and provision of ammunition are expensive, and half of Kyiv's F-16s are undergoing maintenance in Europe due to restrictions from European states.