Ukrainian air defense destroys 2 Russian drones with lightning speed of 2 minutes
Photo: anti-aircraft gunners shoot down two Shaheds in two minutes (facebook.com/PvkZahid)
A mobile firing group of a tactical aviation brigade shot down 2 Russian Shaheds in one anti-aircraft battle, the West Air Command of the Ukrainian Air Force reports.
The anti-aircraft gunners demonstrated high performance in repelling a massive Russian air strike. In fact, within 2 minutes, they shot down 2 Shaheds - the weapon of this group is a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft mount.
2 more Russian attack drones were hit by this group with concentrated fire, together with other mobile fire groups working in nearby positions.
"100 23-millimeter rounds of ammunition were used to hit 4 targets. We worked precisely and without fuss. For us, repelling drone attacks is a regular combat job. This is not the first time we have done it. We have a lot of destroyed Russian drones on our collective combat record. But this is the first time we have shot down so many targets in one battle," the anti-aircraft gunners said.
Russian air attacks
Last weekend, the Russian military launched 3 massive combined attacks on Ukraine. In particular, on the night of May 26, Russia fired cruise missiles from Tu-95MS bombers and launched over 300 Shahed drones at Ukraine.
For more details about the reasons for the massive Russian strikes and a forecast for future developments, read RBC-Ukraine's article.
