Source: mk.ru
Russian Orion combat drones are actively targeting the equipment of Kiev forces in the Ukrainian region of Sumy, which borders the Kursk region in Russia.
The Orion was developed by Russia’s Kronstadt Group to conduct both reconnaissance and combat missions on a tactical level.
The drone has an endurance of 24 hours and a combat radius of 250 kilometers. It is typically equipped with an electro-optical reconnaissance and targeting system. However, it can also carry a radar or an electronic and signal intelligence gathering system.
Five videos posted to social networks between March 23 and April 4 showed six recent Orion strikes that took out three towed howitzer and three vehicles, including at least one main battle tank, of Kiev forces.
X-BPLA missiles were used in all the strikes. The X-BPLA is the air-launched version of the Kornet-D anti-tank missile. It is guided via semi-active laser instead of a laser beam-riding. The missile has a maximum range of eight kilometers and is armed with a six-kilogram high explosive fragmentation warhead.
Kiev forces invaded the Russian region of Kursk from Sumy on August 6 of last year, relying mainly on Western-made weapons and foreign mercenaries. The Russian military halted the Ukrainian attack within a few days, and the final offensive to clear the region began earlier this month.
During a March 12 visit to a command post in Kursk Oblast, President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military to “fully liberate” the region. On the very next day, the key city of Sudzha was liberated by Russian troops. Kiev forces are currently cornered in two small strips of Kursk’s borderline, while the Russian military has already begun to advance in Sumy.
Orion drones played a key role in stopping the initial Ukrainian push into Kursk, and they are now operating with much freedom over Sumy which indicates that most Ukrainian air defenses in this direction had been wiped out.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence
NOW hosted at southfront.press
Previously, SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence was at southfront.org.
The .org domain name had been blocked by the US (NATO) (https://southfront.press/southfront-org-blocked-by-u-s-controlled-global-internet-supervisor/) globally, outlawed and without any explanation
Back before that, from 2013 to 2015, SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence was at southfront.com
midget vlad will never break ukrainian independence…heheheh
hahahahaaa idiot. no nato forever no eu for very long and ukros lost 22% of theyr most valuable soil in crimea and donbas, forever.
did your tranny therapist tell u this after gay mulattos sodomized you?
in burgerland we humiliated ugly puritan losers. a nation of feminized peurile morons
ziolensky and his foreign handlers asked for an extra serving of beatings. more happy ukronazi customers on the way…
akhmat sila 🇷🇺🫡🔥
in burgerland matriarchy we submissively serve ugly obese females cuz we are #1 transgender nation
“ugly obese females”
quarter tonner?