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Ukraine: Russia is building a site capable of up to 100 daily drone launches
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia is building a facility near the Millerovo military airfield that could support up to 100 drone launches a day once completed. The estimate is based on satellite images. Actual output depends on aircraft, fuel, personnel and equipment; 100 daily launches have not already been documented there. Attack in Kyiv in 2022, file photograph: YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / Getty Images
· Source: N12. Attack in Kyiv in 2022, file photograph: YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / Getty Images
Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russia is building a site near the Millerovo military airfield that could support up to 100 drone launches a day once completed.
According to N12, the assessment is based on satellite imagery and construction progress near Ukraine's border. Ukrainian officials believe the site is intended to prepare and launch jet-powered attack drones.
Ukrainian intelligence stresses that the actual launch rate will depend on the availability of aircraft, fuel, warheads, personnel and equipment, as well as the facility's assigned missions. One hundred daily launches is an estimate of future capacity, not an operational rate already verified at the site. The accompanying file photograph from Kyiv does not show the new facility.
Source: N12
