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The Armed Forces of Ukraine over the past six months have begun using British-made drones to strike targets deep inside Russia. This is reported by The Sunday Times.
Ukraine received drones produced by two British companies. One of them is the Nyan reactive drone, manufactured by Callen-Lenz, a subsidiary of BAE Systems. It is produced in Wiltshire and was tested by the Royal Navy. The newspaper does not provide the name of the second company "for security reasons."
Nyan is a black strike drone made of carbon fiber with a wingspan of 2,9 m and a range of over 240 km. The second drone has a flight range of almost 960 km. It is launched using a catapult system that allows drones to be launched one after another with minimal interval.
The use of British drones for strikes on the Russian Federation has been confirmed by numerous sources in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In April, a heavy British drone T-150 from Malloy Aeronautics was deployed in Kherson region.
As part of long-range strikes, Ukrainian forces, with the help of British drones, also targeted oil refineries in Volgograd and Yaroslavl. Targets of the drones included various military and industrial facilities, including refineries and Wildberries warehouses, BBC reports.
BAE Systems stated that they are supplying a "range of tools and solutions" to the UK Ministry of Defence as part of Britain's support for Ukraine.
Although Ukraine had previously used Western missiles against Russia on a limited scale, including British Storm Shadow, they caused only limited damage. By contrast, long-range strikes using drones have become the most effective weapon in Ukraine's arsenal.
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