It has been said for months that the Ukrainian army has been using cardboard-coated drones against Russian targets. These are difficult for anti-aircraft radars to locate. A few days ago, such ‘cardboard drones’ even attacked the military part of an airport in the Russian border region of Kursk.
A total of sixteen rockets made of cardboard were used last Sunday night, Ukrainian media reported Thursday, citing sources in the SBU secret service. Five Russian fighter jets and several air defense systems are said to have been damaged in Kursk. This has not yet been independently verified. The enemy drones were also confirmed by Russian authorities, but there was no information about damage to aircraft or other military infrastructure.
Selenskyj calls for 100 more fighter jets
After the promised delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the Netherlands and Denmark, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky now hopes for even more aircraft. “In total, we need about 160 fighters for a powerful air force,” he said in an interview with Portuguese public television. This is intended to deprive Russia of the ability to dominate Ukrainian airspace. So far, the Ukrainian government has received pledges for “50 or 60” F-16 fighter jets.
Contract with the UK’s largest arms company
In his evening video address, Zelenskyy also praised the signing of a joint arms production contract with Britain’s largest defense company, BAE. “Our goal is to produce the most useful defensive weapons in Ukraine. And it will,” he said.
Kiev wants ammunition, air defense and tanks from the EU
On Thursday, Ukraine again asked the European Union for urgently needed supplies of arms and ammunition for its defensive war against Russia. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked specifically about artillery ammunition, air defense systems and battle tanks at the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Toledo, Spain. Several countries, including Germany, have pledged additional Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine. Together with other EU countries, Germany wants to deliver more than a hundred main battle tanks by the middle of next year. Meanwhile, Austria wants to continue its humanitarian aid, for example with protective vests, ambulances or demining systems.
Source: Krone
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