KURSK, August 12. /TASS/. A mobile air defense unmanned systems crew of Russia’s Battlegroup North’s BARS-Kursk detachment has destroyed over 30 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Sumy sector over the past month, the crew’s commander with the call sign Analitik told TASS.

"First and foremost, we operate as an air defense team. When the enemy launches an attack, we shoot down enemy drones such as the Chaika, Lyuty, and Shark at an altitude of about 1,500-2,000 meters above ground level. Over the past month, we’ve shot down about 30 enemy Chaikas and one Shark. "It’s quite a complex task, which largely depends on the pilot’s skills as well as on the radars," he said.

Analitik added that using radar stations, the troops track the flight of Ukrainian UAVs, lock onto the target, and then a Russian drone approaches the target and detonates. "Using radars, we get a rough idea of what kind of ‘bird’ (drone) is flying, its size, and based on that, we prepare a specific missile with the appropriate warhead weight to ensure we hit the enemy. We do not shoot down enemy drones over populated areas--we operate mainly in fields and forests, preventing them from entering the territory of the Kursk Region," the BARS-Kursk crew commander said.