Russia has begun equipping drones with higher-quality cameras for target detection, — Ignat
Russian troops are upgrading their drones, in particular by equipping them with higher-quality, higher-resolution cameras. This allows the occupiers to conduct more detailed reconnaissance of the terrain and obtain more information about the situation on the ground.
According to Yuriy Ignat, the Russian side is using higher-quality materials to manufacture UAVs and is gradually improving their optical equipment.
“The enemy is using high-quality materials in its UAVs and increasing the resolution of the cameras. In other words, the cameras are becoming increasingly expensive and high-quality, which allows the enemy to examine the situation on the ground in detail and use these UAVs for various purposes,” he explained.
Ignat noted that this is not just about improving individual characteristics of the drones. The Russians are using a single UAV in a comprehensive manner as both a reconnaissance and strike drone, as well as a relay drone that transmits the information it receives further.
According to the Air Force representative, Russian drones can fly in a chain, one after another, maintaining communication with each other.
“That’s why they fly one after another; they can be connected via a mesh network, and in this way, the information can reach the operator,” Ignat added.
This setup allows information to be transmitted over significant distances using several drones that work in coordination with one another.
At the same time, there is currently no reliable information regarding the Russians’ use of special towers to support the operation of such systems.
“We often see along the Ukrainian-Belarusian border that drones travel long distances in a chain, one after another, so we cannot rule out anything. Here, we need to ask our intelligence services whether such facts exist or not,” noted Yuriy Ignat.
Thus, Russian forces continue to enhance the reconnaissance capabilities of UAVs by upgrading cameras and deploying drones in interconnected groups.
This was stated by Yuriy Ignat, head of the communications department of the Ukrainian Air Force Command, during a televised marathon.
As a reminder, five people were wounded in the Kherson region over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian aggression.
On September 29, Russian troops wounded six residents of the Donetsk region.
On the night of September 30, Russian troops attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones. The strikes caused fires in four districts of the capital, and two women were killed.
Starting in the evening of September 29, Russian forces attacked three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones. The strikes damaged infrastructure and caused fires.
On the morning of September 30, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with drones. During the air raid alert, explosions were heard in Rivne and later in Lutsk.
A drone strike in the Kyiv region caused a fire in residential buildings; two people were rescued.
As a reminder, debris from a Russian drone caused a fire in a five-story building in Kyiv.
Following the Russian Federation’s nighttime attack on Kyiv, an educational institution was hit.
