The Russian Federation has changed the launch site of its attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Ukraine due to fears that they could be hit in occupied Crimea, from where they were previously launched, according to a defense intelligence report published on Twitter by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Saturday .
"The waves of strikes (on the infrastructure of Ukraine in the last few days - IF) mostly consisted of air- and sea-based cruise missiles, but almost certainly also included Iranian-provided unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched from the Krasnodar region of Russia," the message reads. . .
The department notes that earlier these drones were mostly launched from occupied Crimea.
"The change in the launch site is probably related to Russia's fears about the vulnerability of Crimea, as well as being convenient for replenishing supplies from the probable point of arrival of weapons in Russia, Astrakhan," the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom emphasizes.
