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The head of the MDI Budanov: Russian terror with the use of drones can last a long time, but not with missiles

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Kostia Andreikovets
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The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (MDI) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (MDU) Kyrylo Budanov stated that Russia can terrorize Ukraine with kamikaze drones for a long time, but not with missiles, since their reserves are almost exhausted.

He told about this in an interview with "Ukraiinska Pravda" ["The Ukrainian Trurh"].

About 13% remains for Iskanders, about 43% for Kalibr-PL, Kalibr-NK missiles, and about 45% for X-101 and X-555 missiles. Falling below 30% is generally very dangerous, because it is already going to ES [emergency stockpile].

"Russia has passed the Iskanders long ago, but they are still trying to somehow stay within the limits of their norms regarding the Kalibers and the X-101, X-555," Budanov noted.

According to him, due to the lack of missiles and their low efficiency and accuracy, the Russians were forced to use Iranian drones Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6. Moreover, the latter did not show itself in any way, unlike kamikaze drones.

"As of October 22, they used about 330 "shaheds". Of them, as far as I remember, 222 were shot down. The others, to one way or another, have reached their goals — not always their goals, sometimes somewhere close, but 30% of drones reach their goals. A one-time delivery of the batch is about 300 units," Budanov stated, adding that the Russians are currently using the second batch.

In total, according to the MDI, they ordered 1 700 kamikaze drones, but they are still being manufactured.