Ukrainian drones can strike targets at distances of up to 2,000 kilometers – Yusov

Ukrainian drones are capable of striking targets located up to 2,000 kilometers away. Various explosions on Russian territory occur at military facilities and sites related to the defense industry of the aggressor country, states Andrii Yusov, representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

In response to the host’s question about footage circulating online showing drones in the Murmansk region, where the Olenya airfield is located, and drone attacks on other strategic military airfields in Russia, Andrii Yusov stated that intelligence prefers silence, and not all operations can be disclosed at this time.

“What can be said, and this is no longer a secret, is that Ukrainian long-range drones can hypothetically operate at distances of up to 2,000 kilometers,” said the representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence.

Yusov added, “We neither confirm nor deny; there are no official statements in most cases when something explodes in Russia.”

“I can only say that such explosions don’t happen by chance,” he noted.

The intelligence representative emphasized that incidents occur exclusively at facilities connected to the military-industrial complex, the Russian army, or those involved in financing, military, logistical, or defense support of enemy forces.

“Unlike what the enemy is doing, with massive shelling of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine – acts that are essentially war crimes condemned worldwide – the incidents in Russia are solely connected to military targets and infrastructure,” Yusov stressed.

Drone production in Ukraine

Ukraine is actively developing and improving various types of unmanned aerial systems, including the creation of new long-range drones.

In July, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced plans to increase the production of long-range drones.

Previously, it was reported that the domestically developed unmanned aerial system Shchedryk was officially approved for deployment in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It was also reported that Ukraine had completed testing drones equipped with fiber-optic communication.

On December 20, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution titled Certain Issues of Defense Procurement During the Martial Law Period. The resolution approved a list of priority missile, drone, and robotic samples. This document effectively introduced a new term: Weapons of Victory.

In mid-December, Vadym Sukharevskyi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated that Ukraine is also advancing the development of a mother drone project.