Reznikov: Within two days of "people's satellite" ICEYE operation, Russia lost more than $20,000,000 worth of armored vehicles

By: Myroslav Trinko | 29.09.2022, 11:09
Reznikov: Within two days of "people's satellite" ICEYE operation, Russia lost more than $20,000,000 worth of armored vehicles

A month ago, thanks to donations from Ukrainians, The Armed Forces of Ukraine will get their own space satellite with access to the ICEYE satellite imagery database. Now Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov shared the first results of its work.

Here's What We Know

The satellite has already proved its worth. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been using it for some time. The images are directly decoded and processed by the military intelligence specialists of the Ministry of Defense.

According to the Minister, during only two days of work of the "people's satellite" the AFU destroyed more enemy armored vehicles than the whole project was worth. That is, we are talking about more than $20,000,000.

Flashback

At the end of June 2022, In three days, Ukrainians raised $20,000,000 for four Bayraktar TB2s instead of the planned three, but Baykar Technologies showed three Bayraktar TB2 drone dressed in vyshyvanka that will soon be shipped to Ukraine. Nearly two months later, it became known that the money had been spent "This is real space": Reznikov explained how the "people's satellite" ICEYE will help the AFU and why it is important and access to the database of all ICEYE satellites.

Source: Oleksiy Reznikov