Kremlin Denies Drone Incursions – ‘One thing Fishy Going On’, Zelenskiy Ramps Up Drone Manufacturing – JP
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Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov today denied Russian involvement in European drone incursions in recent weeks.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov cautioned EU leaders against blaming Russia for any drone incursion, saying they should expand their horizons instead, reported Russian state news agency TASS.
He rejected related accusations against Russia as groundless, referring to a recent report about the arrest of a European aircraft enthusiast for testing a drone. “The report said that guy was not even affiliated with Russia at all. While that is just a small unrelated case, well, [they should] expand their horizons,” Peskov concluded.
Europe has been swept with “drone hysteria” in recent days, with closures of the airspace over cities amid unidentified drone incursions. Mass media and politicians tend to link every such incident to Russia or its alleged plans to somehow strike the European Union amid the “drone wall” proposal put forward by Brussels, added TASS.
“There’s no reason to blame Russia for the drones spotted across Europe.
“There’s something strange about this whole story.”
Russia’s former president Medvedev chimed in.
“European cities have been engulfed by an epidemic of UFDs, or Unidentified Flying Drones.
“UAVs are everywhere: near military bases, airports, fields, and cities. Whose they are remains unclear.
“The main thing is for short-sighted Europeans to feel the danger of war, to tremble and shake like dumb animals driven to slaughter, to soil themselves with fear of their coming end.
“Maybe then they will understand war and tear the heads off freaks like Merz and Macron, who profit from blood.”
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy highlighted the country’s progress in building domestic drone production.
“Our production potential for drones and missiles next year will already be $35 billion.
“We are already producing 40 Bohdan howitzers per month… and 2.4 million mortar and artillery munitions last year.
“We have successfully used Neptunes… soon we will regularly use our own ballistic missiles.
“Already, more than 40% of the weapons used on the front are Ukrainian. By the end of the year, no less than 50% must be our own weapons.
“The time has come to launch the export of our Ukrainian weapons.” (h/t Clash Report)
Ukraine’s New Anti-Drone Arsenal
Ukraine is shifting to mass-produced interceptor drones to counter Russia’s swarming Shahed and Gerbera drones, filling the gap between costly missile systems and outdated anti-aircraft guns, reported FT.
“The Sting”
A bullet-shaped, $2,100 “drone killer” by Wild Hornets, capable of speeds over 315 km/h. Claimed to have downed 600 Russian drones so far, with ~70% effectiveness.
Other interceptors by TAF Industries, Tytan Technologies (Germany), and Falcons — semi- or fully-autonomous systems guided by radar and AI.
Ukraine aims to deploy 1,000 interceptor drones daily, using three per Russian target for saturation defense. Production coordinated by Brave1, the state tech platform.
A single AIM-9X missile for NASAMS costs $1 million+, while a Sting costs less than $2,500—a 400× cheaper countermeasure.
