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Kyiv Police Try To Shoot Down Kamikaze Drone
Published 2 years ago
A combination of body worn camera and security camera footage shows Ukrainian National Police attempting to shoot down an incoming Geran-2/Shahed-136 loiter munition in Kyiv as the Russian operated suicide drone passes just over their heads and explodes behind them. The incident took place in mid Oct. 2022.
The Russians are relying heavily on their new shipment of Iranian Shahed-136 loiter munitions, which the Russians have dubbed the Geran-2. The drone design has been in use by Iran and Iranian proxies against targets in Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and are now in service of the Russian military.
In late August, Iran began delivering hundreds of Mohajer-6 and Shahed-series drones to the Russian military to be used in Ukraine. Russia sought out the Iranian defense industry to replenish their combat losses of observation drones and diminished fleet of organically-developed loiter munitions.
