Russia is continuously upgrading its attack drones, introducing new technologies that make them increasingly difficult for Ukrainian air defense systems to intercept, according to military analyst Igor Korotchenko.

Speaking to TASS, Korotchenko explained that one of the key improvements involves fitting unmanned aerial vehicles with jet engines, significantly increasing their flight speeds. He argued that these enhancements make Russian drones harder to intercept with the air defense systems Ukraine still has available.

The analyst emphasized that higher speeds are creating additional challenges for Ukrainian forces, forcing their air defenses to contend with increasingly capable unmanned aircraft.

Earlier, Sergey Beskrestnov, an adviser to Vladimir Zelensky on defense technologies, reported that Russian Geran-5 drones could reach speeds of up to 1,000 kilometers per hour. He also acknowledged that Ukrainian interception systems were struggling to keep pace with the modernization of Russian UAVs.

Meanwhile, the Telegram channel Voyennaya Khronika previously reported another upgrade to Russia’s drone fleet. According to the channel, Russian forces have modernized the Gerbera-2 UAV, equipping its latest version with the Kometa satellite data reception module and a video processing system known as Sosiska.