
AI-generated summary
The Volchansky pocket is the area around the city of Volchansk in the Kharkov region, where, according to Russian sources, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are surrounded. To supply these units, according to the report, unmanned aerial systems are used.
BELGOROD, October 10 - RIA Novosti. Crews of the Msta-S self-propelled artillery units identified and destroyed three control points for heavy hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, through which the enemy supplied the encircled units in the Volchansky Cauldron, the battery commander with the call sign Darwin told RIA Novosti.
“Crews of self-propelled artillery mounts 2S19 “Msta-S” struck 3 control points of heavy hexacopters of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants, with the help of which they supplied units locked in the “Volchansky cauldron,” the commander said.
As Darwin clarified, the logistics of the Ukrainian troops themselves helped reveal the enemy’s camouflaged positions. Russian intelligence officers tracked vehicles that suspiciously frequently delivered cargo to specific locations.
“Later, when monitoring these control points, it became clear that these drones are used to supply enemy units in the “cauldron.” They lifted the Orlan into the sky and destroyed the control posts along with the UAV operators and warehouses,” the commander added, emphasizing that the firing adjustments were carried out by the crews of the Orlan-10 unmanned systems.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Russian troops will continue to use Orlan-10 drones to correct artillery strikes on logistics facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Likely · Within weeks

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