The Ukrainian military released footage on Friday that purportedly shows the wreckage of a downed Russian drone.
The military said in a statement that it was a rare Kartograf drone.
“At about 09 o’clock on September 2, in the sky over the Mykolaiv region, an anti-aircraft missile unit of the Air Force shot down a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle “Kartograf”, belonging to the unmanned system family. versatile Ptero,” the statement said.
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The Kartograf is one of the most secretive drones of the Russian Armed Forces.
A spy drone looks similar to the Orlan family plane, but it has differences: a camera with 12 lenses and a dual tail mount.
The unmanned aerial vehicle system was secretly developed for the needs of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation and was used by Russia during the war in the Donbas, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Syria. . Little is known about the drones as Russia did not disclose information about them, although some of them were shot down by Ukrainian forces and Syrian rebels.
