New Russian drones are coming: Ukraine must get ahead of threat, expert says
Illustrative photo: Russia plans to upgrade its Geran drones (Russian media)
Russia is already developing new modifications of attack drones, so Ukraine must work to stay ahead, People’s Deputy and political analyst Mykola Davydiuk said.
He stressed that despite the successful operation of AI-powered turrets in the suburbs of Kyiv, winter will bring new serious challenges for critical infrastructure.
According to Davydiuk, Russia's strikes on crossings and critical facilities are only the beginning. Further attacks could become even more severe, as strikes in winter could have far more serious consequences.
"I think this is only the beginning, and they are just testing the waters. Unfortunately, things could get worse. At the same time, our engineers are now working on finding interceptors. Surprisingly, but fortunately, the AI-powered turrets have been working very well and have started shooting down these jet-powered Shaheds. Nobody expected these turrets to be used for shooting down super-fast Shaheds and Gerans, but it turned out that they are useful and are buying us time right now," he said.
Davydiuk added that Ukrainian engineers are currently working actively on developing and finding specialized interceptors. The problem is that Russia is already preparing the next modification of the Geran, so Ukraine needs to stay ahead of the enemy and develop interceptors capable of countering several generations of such threats at once.
"We are waiting for interceptors, but once again, this is already a new round of the race. We need to hurry a little because Russia is preparing another version after this new Geran. We need to leapfrog two Gerans at once with our interceptors... because in winter, all these strikes will be 10 times more critical if temperatures are low," he stressed.
New Russian drone modifications
Earlier, Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Yurii Cherevashenko said that Russia plans to produce even faster drones.
Jet-powered drones currently reach speeds of up to 600 km/h, but Russia plans to increase that figure to 800–900 km/h.
Cherevashenko also said that the share of jet-powered drones in Russian attacks could rise to 80%.
