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Russia, more than a decade behind its invasion of Ukraine, launched its new nuclear submarine in a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian officials, on the other hand, have announced they are working on a “combat drone” capable of shooting down unmanned aerial vehicles.

Today, Russia officially introduced four new warships to the Navy in a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin via videoconference.

One of these warships is a gunship-class light corvette, and the other is a mine-collecting ship. The third ship to enter service is the nuclear submarine Generalissimo Suvarov.

At today’s ceremony, another submarine of the same type, the Emperor Alexander III, was launched. According to the Russian press, this submarine will be officially put into service after testing in June.

The nuclear submarine can carry the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead.

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the ceremony of launching new warships via videoconference, December 29, 2022.

In his speech at the ceremony, Russian President Putin said: “We will accelerate and increase the volume of shipbuilding on various projects.”

Referring to the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian leader said: “We organize operational and combat training, using the experience gained during the special military operation, by equipping the ships with the most modern weapons.”

Vladimir Putin argued that the new warships would protect Russia’s security and Moscow’s national interests in the world’s seas.

Ukrainian soldiers watch drone footage from an underground command post in the Bakmut district of Donetsk, December 25, 2022.

Ukrainian project “combat drone”

Ukrainian officials, on the other hand, have announced they plan to develop new drones that will be effective against unmanned aerial vehicles known as “kamikaze drones” that Russia is targeting infrastructure during an invasion.

To date, Ukraine has received 1,400 unmanned aerial vehicles, including Turkish-made Bayraktar drones.

Ukraine uses them mainly for reconnaissance, reconnaissance and surveillance purposes. Bayraktar TB2 drones can be equipped with laser-guided cameras and weapons.

The US has also sent more than 700 Switchblade drones to Ukraine. Defense experts believe that Ukrainian forces have so far used them at the front, adding explosives.

It is estimated that Russia has been using Iranian-made Shahid-136 drones in Ukraine for about 3 months. The target of these attacks is Moscow’s energy and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

These Iranian-made drones have a wingspan of 2.5 meters and are difficult to detect on radar.

Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said in an exclusive interview with AP that they are working on a drone capable of attacking.

Mikhailo Fedorov said: “These are drones with a range of 3-10 kilometers that explode (after hitting the target),” and noted that research and development work is underway in Ukraine on vehicles that can shoot down such drones.

The Ukrainian minister predicted that the situation with drones will change dramatically in February-March.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also said that 2023 will be a turning point in the war in Ukraine in his recent speech to the US Congress.

Drone with retractable blade

Ukrainian subtext “the world is round”

Russian officials say Ukrainian drones have been hitting military bases in recent weeks.

On Monday, Moscow announced that the Russian military had shot down a drone approaching the Engels base, 600 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

At the base in Engels are Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers, which took part in raids on Ukraine. The Russian army said that 3 servicemen were killed in the incident; However, he stated that the plane had no damage.

Satellite imagery and photographs showed some damage to a military aircraft at a base in the Ryazan region.

The Ukrainian authorities have never officially confirmed these drone attacks; however, it gave an implicit signal of what retribution Russia could expect, including on Russian soil, for the invasion.

Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to President Zelensky of Ukraine, said in a Twitter post in December: “The world is round. The discovery belongs to Galileo. It is a pity that astronomy was not studied in the Kremlin. If it worked, they would know. “If something is released into the airspace of other countries, unidentified flying objects will sooner or later return to the point where they came from,” he said.

Ukrainian state arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom has also said in recent weeks that it is about to complete work on a new long-range drone.

In October, Ukroboronprom posted on its Facebook page a photo that looks like part of a drone: “The range is 1,000 kilometers. The weight of the warhead is 75 kilograms. Let’s do the finishing touches.”

In an exclusive interview with AP, Ukrainian Minister Fedorov said his team spends 70 percent of its time on military technology.

Starlink satellite near Liman, Ukraine, October 7, 2022.

“Drones and satellite technology have changed course”

Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov, in an interview with AP, called the war in Ukraine “the first big war of the Internet era.” He praised both unmanned technology and satellite internet systems produced by Elon Musk’s Space X as factors that changed the course of the conflict.

There are about 3,000 cell phone base stations in Ukraine, and the government is trying to keep these base stations running with generators even as the power infrastructure is damaged by Russian airstrikes.

Ukrainian officials say the only alternative is technologies such as the Starlink satellite developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Ukrainian Technology Minister Fedorov said that Ukrainian President Zelensky signed a decree ordering mobile phone companies to provide a signal without electricity for at least three days.

The Ukrainian minister said they are working to bring 10,000 Starlink stations to Ukraine with the support of partners from the European Union. Currently, about 24,000 Starlink stations operate in Ukraine.

Fedorov likened Space X’s donation of Internet satellites to Ukraine to the US providing Kyiv with a rocket launcher in terms of the importance of protecting Ukraine from a Russian invasion.

It is alleged that drone operators, which are used for reconnaissance at the front, as well as in civilian areas of Starlink satellites, helped to hit Russian targets.

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