Vladimir Yatsenko, one of the founders of Monobank, began developing drones for the Armed Forces
What is known
Yatsenko told the story of how the RussianThe military could not shoot down a Ukrainian drone for 10 days, costing a maximum of $5,000. As a result, they had to use a Buk anti-aircraft missile system to destroy the drone. A $200,000 missile was launched at the UAV.
“We had a case when one of the drones,which we handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the occupiers could not shoot down with air defense systems for 10 days. To destroy it, they used a BUK missile. Imagine, a simple, almost basic model of a drone that cost no more than $5,000 forced the enemy to spend a $200,000 rocket,” Vladimir Yatsenko
The banker notes that volunteers continuepurchase drones costing $100,000-200,000, although cheaper UAVs can be used for some purposes. For example, the Cypriot Poseidon drone costs about $130,000, while its Chinese counterpart, the Mugin EV350 (pictured above), can be purchased for $20,000.
Source: Focus
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