The press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MO) shared several examples of the successful operations carried out by the elite special forces unit “Kryla.” This unit is part of the Active Operations Department of the GUR MO of Ukraine. According to the GUR website, the intelligence officers continue to destroy Russian tactical-level drones mid-air, and as always, the agency released impressive footage of their hunt for Russian drones.
“On the video, there are shots of successful hits in the sky over the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, including in the Pokrovsk direction,” said the press service of the GUR. As a result of their operations, the intelligence officers were able to destroy 8 enemy drones, including:
- Two “Zala“ UAVs
- Five “Supercam“ UAVs
- One “Orlan“ UAV.
The Ukrainian intelligence service also highlighted the active efforts of the occupiers to replace American components in their drones. On the War&Sanctions portal, the intelligence community released information about nearly 200 new parts and components used in six types of Russian weaponry. Among them are the CRP antenna from the Russian “Shahed” drone, the North Korean ballistic missile KN-24, the computer from the X-47 “Kinzhal” missile, as well as drones like the “Supercam S350,” “Gerbera,” and “Zala.”
In the new CRP antennas for the “Geran-2” drone, only two chips of American origin were found. This indicates that the aggressor country is attempting to reduce its reliance on components from countries that have imposed sanctions against it.
Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence noted that the Shahed drones used this year featured new jamming-resistant antennas marked with Chinese labels. In one of these antennas, out of 15 components, only two were produced by American companies Texas Instruments and Linear Technologies.
Most of the other drone components were made in China, including transceivers, generators, signal converters, and other microchips. For example, the main chip of the CRP antenna, which analyzes incoming signals and decides which ones to ignore, was manufactured by the Beijing Microelectronics Technology Institute (BMTI).
Additionally, intelligence reports indicate that for the first time, a component of Indian origin has been identified in Russian weapons – a tactical buffer from Aura Semiconductor. The manufacturers of two other components have not yet been identified, but they are likely to be of Chinese origin as well.
In total, the “Components in Weapons” section on the War&Sanctions portal has already recorded 4,672 parts found in 164 samples of weapons used by Russia against Ukraine.
Source: gur
