The Russian military repelled a massive attack of Ukrainian drones in the DPR

Military personnel of the Center group of troops repelled a massive attack of Ukrainian attack drones in the DPR.

Machine guns and Igla man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems were used to destroy the UAVs.

Russian troops defended a Buk missile launcher from a Ukrainian Hornet drone by moving the vehicle into cover after warning a small fire team.

DONETSK, October 8 - RIA Novosti. Military personnel of the Center group of forces repelled a massive attack of Ukrainian attack drones, protecting the Buk anti-aircraft missile system in the DPR, Dmitry Konovalov, deputy commander of the Buk air defense missile system battery of the Center group of forces, told RIA Novosti.

According to him, about 20 attack UAVs approached the positions of Russian military personnel. Machine guns and Igla portable anti-aircraft missile systems were used to destroy them.

“In the last incident, there were up to 20 “strikers”. They were destroyed by fire from the PKT, also by the Igla MANPADS. The complex is captured in a thermal imaging sight, everything is clearly visible. We work, destroy it so that the strike UAVs do not pass further,” Konovalov said.

He also said that Russian troops protected a Buk missile launcher from a Ukrainian Hornet drone. The fighters were warned in advance about the approach of the drone by a small fire group, after which the crew managed to move the vehicle into cover.

“The last case - in time, people from a small fire group warned us that a drone was heading in our direction. We took the car into cover in ten minutes and shot down the Hornet drone with fire from a PKT machine gun,” the serviceman said.