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UK-supplied drones have destroyed over $1.2 billion of Russian military gear in Ukraine, says UK official
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“Our Ukrainian partners conservatively estimate that UK drones have destroyed over £1 billion worth of Russian hardware,” Grant Shapps told a delegation of Ukrainian ministers at a defense forum in London on Monday, per The Telegraph.
In March, the UK’s Ministry of Defence announced it would deliver an additional 10,000 drones to Ukraine, as part of its latest $413 million military aid package.
Drones have played a key role in the war in Ukraine, with both sides relying on them heavily.
In February, Ukraine announced it was setting up a separate branch of its military focused purely on drone warfare.
Last month, Shapps said that he hoped to speed up the production of a new high-tech laser weapon, dubbed DragonFire — originally scheduled for deployment by 2027 — so that Ukraine could use it against Russian drones.
And last week, the UK Ministry of Defence announced it was developing a new radio-wave weapon designed to take out a “swarm” of drones for just $0.12 a shot, at a range of up to 1000 meters.
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