On May 9, Izvestia correspondent Semyon Eremkin showed how military personnel in the Donetsk People's Republic use drones to monitor the movements and actions of Ukrainian militants, as well as fight with their drones.
A fighter under the call sign "Belarusian" performs an important mission on the battlefield — he controls a drone that corrects the fire of the Russian and Donetsk military, as well as fights with enemy drones. He has a drone at his disposal, which he controls using a remote control. The work is not easy and requires great caution — Ukrainian militants are actively using electronic warfare to deprive the "Belarusian" of equipment. Ukrainian electronic warfare is working so actively that there is a risk of calculating the flight path of a drone.
Together with a fighter under the call sign "Chestnut", "Belarusian" works as a fire spotter. This time they gave targets to mortars and D-20 cannons, but apart from that they had a special mission.
With the help of a self-made reset device, Belorus regularly throws leaflets over the positions of Ukrainian militants, which give instructions on how to surrender properly in order to survive. It's written in red: "Choose a life." Perhaps these are the most important words.
"Belarusian" not only controls the drone, but also knocks down other people's. To combat enemy drones, he has a special radar for the Aeroscope UAV, as well as a potivodron cannon — a Russian development. All of them show themselves well in the fight against enemy drones: after detection by radar, it takes only a couple of minutes to disable enemy vehicles.
On May 6, Izvestia correspondent Ivan Litomin showed how the Russian military uses a captured tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to repel enemy attacks.
The special operation of the Russian Federation to protect the population of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics continues in Ukraine and in the Donbas, the beginning of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24. Moscow explained that its tasks include demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. On April 19, the Russian side announced the beginning of the next stage of the military operation — "the complete liberation of the Donetsk and Lugansk republics."
The situation in the region significantly worsened in mid-February due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. The authorities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics announced the evacuation of residents to Russia and appealed to Moscow for help. On February 21, the President of the Russian Federation signed a decree recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR.
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