On Saturday night, the Defense Express project reported an attack by an unknown drone over the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. In the morning report of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, along with the strike unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Shaheed" type, an unidentified drone is also mentioned, reports News.bg.
The first image of the wreckage of this drone to appear on the web shows significant differences from the Shahed-136. According to Defense Express, the drone was flying at an ultra-low altitude of 20-30 meters, suggesting it could be a kamikaze drone.
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Project Defense Express claims to have obtained additional photos from its sources of the downed drone, which has a possible wingspan of over 4 meters, a tail, a thruster and a square-profile fuselage. Although it has similarities with the Russian Zala 421-20, it is a reconnaissance drone and would hardly fly at such a low altitude.
Defense Express notes that the remains of the drone are currently being examined and its manufacturer and components may soon be identified.