All 91 UAVs launched by Kiev at the presidential compound in Novgorod Region on the night of December 28-29 were destroyed
Moscow’s Defense Ministry has published a video showing one of the Ukrainian long-range drones that was shot down during Kiev’s failed attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence early on Monday.
All 91 UAVs which Kiev launched at the presidential compound in Novgorod Region on the night of December 28-29 were destroyed, according to the Russian military.
A Russian serviceman who appeared in the clip released by the Defense Ministry on Wednesday said that the downed drone was a Ukrainian-made Chaklun-V reconnaissance and strike UAV that had been modified.
The drone was struck in the tail-end by Russian air defenses but remained mostly intact, which is a “unique” occurrence, he stressed.
The UAV’s unexploded warhead was “packed with a large amount of striking elements and was intended to eliminate personnel and civilian targets,” the serviceman added.
The Defense Ministry said in a separate statement that it has “presented irrefutable evidence of a terrorist attack planned by the Kiev regime on the Russian President’s residence.”
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, who denies that the drone raid took place, is “either unaware of the actual situation or is simply lying as he usually does,” it stated.
The ministry also published a map showing the route of the Ukrainian UAVs that targeted the presidential compound. According to the scheme, Russian air defenses shot down 49 drones above Bryansk Region, one above Smolensk Region and another 41 above Novgorod Region.
The Kremlin noted previously that the Ukrainian drone attack was aimed not only against Putin, but also “against [US] President [Donald] Trump’s efforts to facilitate a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict.”
