AFU Colonel Reports About 'Combat Mosquitoes' Attacking Russians

Russian propagandists were not deceiving.

On the night of December 17, drones attacked a Russian military airfield in Rostov region. The Ukrainian intelligence confirmed its successful work.

Roman Svitan, a military expert, flight instructor and AFU colonel, explained the importance of such attacks on the air of Channel 24.

According to him, the main bombers that drop bombs on Ukrainians - Su-34 (new Russian) and Su-24 (old Soviet) - are based there.

"If being hung in bunches, the Su-34 aircraft can lift and drop up to 12 scattering bombs. However, they do not hang so many, mostly 6 - 8 bombs are carried by 1 such aircraft," Roman Svitan noted.

In his opinion, the main task of the strikes is to destroy the carriers. That is why it is necessary to get to airfields.

"It is possible to break through the enemy's air defence only in waves. And it is also better to inflict serious damage, especially to aircraft, in waves - especially at such a distance. They won't let us send ATACMS missiles there, so we need to work with a large number of drones," the military expert explained.

Precisely with a large number - not just with two or three or dozens. The drones should go in waves up to about 30 - 40 daily.

Production of Drones

The AFU received the first batch of AQ 400 Scythe kamikaze UAVs, which are produced on the territory of Ukraine. The initial production capacity is 100 units per month, and it is planned to increase to 500 units.

"We need 500 units per month to fulfil these 2 tasks. The first is to dry up the enemy's air defences. The second is to defeat Russian military facilities," Svitan emphasised.

"So, we have a very good opportunity to expose the enemy's air defences, pass through and continue to perform combat missions. At the same time in a cheap version," Roman Svitan explained.

"The elements of artificial intelligence can be introduced to them, programmes can be uploaded and it is even possible to put such a lightweight cheap self-targeting head, to direct it somewhere there to the east. The main thing is for it to break through and expose the air defence system, and then identify targets and reach military facilities," the military expert explained.

In addition, Svitan spoke about the "free hunting" mode - sending a hundred drones to the east, where they continue to cruise and search for targets - they will hit what they see.

According to him, if every night about fifty drones are sent in the "free hunting" mode, they will be the "combat mosquitoes" that the Russians were talking about - only in the form of drones.