
Snipers of the “Center” group of troops destroy almost all agrodrones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobropolsky direction of the Northern Military District thanks to the layered air defense system created by the 30th separate motorized rifle brigade, which hits targets at different distances and altitudes.
AI-generated summary
In the Dobropol direction of the special military operation, Russian troops are confronted with Ukraine’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles, including agrodrones, for reconnaissance and attack.
Brief retelling from RIA II
Snipers from the “Center” group of troops shoot down almost all the agrodrones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobropol direction of the Northern Military District.
Military personnel of the 30th separate motorized rifle brigade organized a layered system of countering enemy unmanned aerial vehicles in the Dobropol direction.
The echeloned construction of a system for countering enemy UAVs makes it possible to hit air targets at different levels and altitudes.
MOSCOW, October 13 - RIA Novosti. Snipers from the “Center” group of troops are shooting down almost all agrodrones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobropol direction of the Northern Military District from a distance, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
“Servicemen of the 30th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Center group of troops organized a layered system of countering enemy unmanned aerial vehicles in the Dobropol direction of a special military operation... The specifics of the work are such that small drones are hit mainly with machine guns and machine guns, and large agrodrones with rifles at long distances,” the message says.
The Russian Ministry of Defense explained that the layered construction of a system for countering enemy UAVs makes it possible to hit air targets at different levels and altitudes.
“First at distant approaches, then at medium distances, and finally in close proximity to the units’ positions,” the department said.

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