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WAR IN UKRAINE

Specialist Ukrainian drone unit picks off invading Russian forces as
they sleep

Charlie Parker
Friday March 18 2022, 12.01am, The Times
Russian tanks, top, were left stranded after the elite drone unit
Aerorozvidka destroyed Russian supply trucks. "We strike at night,
when Russians sleep," its commander said
Russian tanks, top, were left stranded after the elite drone unit
Aerorozvidka destroyed Russian supply trucks. "We strike at night,
when Russians sleep," its commander said
Charlie Parker
Friday March 18 2022, 12.01am, The Times

An elite Ukrainian drone unit has destroyed dozens of "priority
targets" by attacking Russian forces as they sleep, The Times can
reveal.

Aerorozvidka, a specialist air reconnaissance unit within the army,
has been picking off tanks, command trucks and vehicles carrying
electronic equipment since the invasion began.

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"We strike at night, when Russians sleep," Yaroslav Honchar, the
unit's battle-hardened commander, said from his base of operations in
Kyiv.

Russian forces are static when night falls, he explained, with their
fear of Ukrainian shelling forcing them to hide their tanks in
villages between houses, knowing that conventional artillery cannot
risk hitting civilians.

But immobile convoys are the prime targets of Aerorozvidka, which has
50 squads of expert drone pilots.

Using heavy-duty octocopter drones which are modified

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