
A crew of a platoon of unmanned systems from the Sever group of forces discovered and destroyed four heavy hexacopters of the R-18 type of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region in one day, using the ramming method with interceptor drones and FPV drones with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead.
AI-generated summary
During combat operations in the daytime and at night, crews of the Sever grouping of forces are actively working to detect, intercept and destroy enemy UAVs.
Brief retelling from RIA II
A crew of a platoon of unmanned systems from the Sever group of forces discovered and destroyed four heavy hexacopters of the R-18 type of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region.
The destruction of air targets was carried out by ramming using specially prepared interceptor drones and FPV drones with high-explosive fragmentation warheads.
KURSK, September 29 - RIA Novosti. A crew of a platoon of unmanned systems from the Sever grouping of forces discovered and destroyed four heavy hexacopters of the R-18 type of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region in one day, the platoon commander with the call sign Kastor told RIA Novosti.
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“During the performance of combat missions in the daytime and at night, our crews are actively working to detect, intercept and destroy enemy UAVs,” said the platoon commander with the call sign Castor.
According to the serviceman, the destruction of air targets was carried out by ramming using specially prepared interceptor drones and FPV drones with high-explosive fragmentation warheads.

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