General Freuding noticed that traditional air defense methods, such as capturing Shahed drones with the help of very expensive American Patriot rocket systems, are not profitable. One such drone costs Russians from 30,000 up to 50,000 euro [127 tys. do 212 tys. zł]while a single Patriot missile costs over EUR 5 million [ponad 21 mln zł].
However, there is a different solution.
The military emphasized the need to develop economically profitable counter -prevention measures, preferably costing only 2000 to 4000 euros [8500 do 17 tys. zł] per pieceto effectively respond to mass attacks of Russian drones. As another tactical answer Freuding suggested hitting targets at the back of Russiaincluding military airports, planes and defense industry facilities.
The general also drew attention to Changing China's policy, stating that Beijing completely suspended the export of components to drones to Ukraine and redirected these deliveries to Russia. This move effectively displaced Ukraine from the drone technology market, even weakening its defense abilities.
“Currently, the situation is that China exports only to Russia, and Ukraine has been excluded from this market,” said General Freuding in an interview about Russia's invasion of Ukraine published by the Bundeswehra on YouTube on July 19 this year.
Russia regularly uses Drones Shahed-136 (Geran-2), FPV and Kamikaze to attack residential buildings, hospitals, schools, power plants, ports and other civil infrastructure. These attacks constitute a violation of international humanitarian law, because attacking objects without military value is a war crime. Drones are often used at night to maximize mental pressure and exhaust civilians.
On Thursday, July 10, President Wołodymyr Zełenski said that Russia plans to launch 700 to 1000 drones a day. However, Ukraine already has a solution in the development phase – capturing drones that could be produced massively with sufficient financing.
“If our partners support us, we will capture everything [rosyjskie ataki] With the help of intercepting drones … and when we solve the problem with Patriot systems, the risk of ballistic missiles will also disappear, “said Zelanski.
Earlier, on Saturday, June 21, the Ukrainian defense intelligence (Hur) announced that the maximum number of drones that Russia can now send during one night is about 500.
According to Hur, Russia produces every 170 Shahed and Duraps drones every day. By the end of the year, the daily production of drones can, however, increase to 190.
On June 15, Russia gathered about 6,000 combat drones-mainly Geran-2 (Shazed-136) and Harpia-A1-and over 6,000 gerber drones, which indicates preparations for mass drones for mass attacks on Ukraine.
