Russian Buk destroyed a $5,000 Ukrainian drone with a $200,000 missile - it could not be shot down for 10 days

Vladimir Yatsenko, one of the founders of Monobank, has been developing drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and shared an entertaining story.

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Yatsenko told the story of how Russian military had been unable to shoot down a Ukrainian drone for 10 days, which cost $5,000 maximum. Eventually they had to use the Buk surface-to-air missile system to destroy the drone. A missile worth $200,000,000 was launched at the UAV.

"We had a case where one of the drones we handed over to the AFU could not be shot down by air defenses for 10 days. They used a BUK missile to destroy it. Imagine, a simple, practically basic drone model that cost no more than $5,000 made the enemy spend a rocket worth $200,000,000, Vladimir Yatsenko

Banker notes that volunteers continue to buy drones worth $100,000 - 200,000, although cheaper UAVs can be used for some purposes. For example, the Cypriot drone Poseidon costs about $130,000, while its Chinese counterpart Mugin EV350 (pictured above) can be purchased for $20,000.

Source: Focus

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