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Ukraine drones hit St Petersburg gas terminal in Russia
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That's one hell of a distance for a drone to fly from Ukraine.
They migrate north for the winter
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen drone?
African or European?
American
It probably isn't hard to sneak in drones through Central Asia or the Baltic states into Russia proper. Then just drive them to the city where the target is and then agents inside Russia release the drone and drive back. Four hours later the FSB have the wreckage surrounded but the perpetrators are already halfway to the border. By the time the Russians realise they've been played, the people who did it are already celebrating their successful mission in a bar in Riga.
While that’s a quite exciting spy story, it appears the attacks were done with long range drones.
The attack was supposedly carried out with the UKR Beaver, which is said to have a 1000km range.
This model was already used in attacks in Russia in 2023, so it is not untested.
Beaver drone info.
Article that the attack used a Beaver drone.
Rīga's bar scene is amazing.
Or so I've been told.
Probably one of their military grade drones with fixed wings rather than the quadcopter DJI-esq variants they field inside their borders.
It is being reported to be a UKR Beaver, which is indeed a purpose built long range model.