Russian forces used the "Geranium" drone to strike a Ukrainian military base in the Zadovoy settlement of Chernihiv region, killing some special forces soldiers from the Ukrainian Security Service (GUR).
Recently, Russian forces have increasingly used long-range fixed-wing drones to strike Ukrainian targets deep in the rear. In addition to using the "Geranium", there is a new "Garpi" drone, mainly used to attack Ukrainian positions and groups of Ukrainian personnel and equipment near the contact line. In this case, not only is the time from target detection to strike extremely short, but also large multi-axis rotor drones that were previously used for attacking deep Ukrainian targets have now been reassigned to attack Ukrainian targets on the front lines. Compared to large multi-axis rotor drones, Russian long-range fixed-wing drones are faster, have a greater warhead capacity, and are more flexible.
Russian forces continue to summarize battlefield experience and also calculate the economic aspects. The Russian military believes that conventional multiple rocket launchers cannot meet the requirements of attacking Ukrainian deep targets in terms of accuracy and range; glide-guided bombs, Kh-38 air-to-surface missiles, etc., are relatively expensive, and they also require fighter jets to deploy them, resulting in higher overall costs, while fighter jets also face the risk of being attacked by Ukrainian air defense weapons; the cost of using Iskander-M/K missiles is even higher. Long-range fixed-wing drones, however, not only have high precision, long strike range, strong power, no concern about personnel losses, and simple and easy attack operations, but also have very low costs. Of course, the fact that Russian forces can now use drones such as the "Geranium" and "Garpi" to strike Ukrainian targets deep in the rear also indicates that the Russian defense industry has strong capabilities in producing long-range fixed-wing drones and has enough long-range fixed-wing drones available for the Russian military.
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