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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Boffey in Kyiv

Financial toll on Ukraine of downing drones ‘vastly exceeds Russian costs’

Wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone, downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine
The wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone, downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine. Photograph: Ukrainian military’s Strategic Communications Directorate/AP

The cost to Ukraine of downing the “kamikaze” drones being fired at its cities vastly exceeds the sums paid by Russia in sourcing and launching the cheap Iranian-made technology, analysis suggests.

A total of 161 Shahed-136 drones, one larger Shahed-129 and four even larger unmanned attack vehicles known as Mohajer-6s have been shot down by Ukrainian air defences in the last month.

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