Ukrainian forces used Yak-52 training aircraft to intercept Russian suicide drones.

Odesa region, the Ukrainian army once again deployed the "Yak-52" trainer aircraft to intercept the Russian "Geranium-2" suicide drones. As usual, the Yak-52 first approached the suicide drone and then the rear-seat personnel used a machine gun to shoot it.

This interception method is very dangerous because even if the suicide drone is blown up, it is easy to be affected by the explosion wave, and flying alongside such a slow suicide drone is prone to stall. The most fatal point is the lack of identification of friendly and enemy targets, which can lead to being mistakenly hit by friendly anti-aircraft fire. Previously, the Ukrainian army lost several Yak-52s, and Konstantin Obolin, the head of the Odesa Aviation Club, was killed in this way, and even a few F-16s were lost.

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