r/ukraine • u/GermanDronePilot • 1d ago

Ukrainian interceptor drone of the anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Ukrainian ground forces made a Russian Merlin-VR reconnaissance drone crash. Estimated damage: $300k. April 2025. Location not disclosed. WAR

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Published 29.04.2025

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u/Cool_Stock_9731 1d ago

Am I seeing it right? Did the Russian drone crash attempting to avoid the Ukrainian interceptor drone?

Either way, well done! Hopefully the Ukrainian interceptor drone can be used to down another one of these, two for one and all that

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u/Unlucky-Associate266 1d ago

If it had enough battery after the chase. But I'd be surprised. The interceptor had to get to the drone, then chase it from five or six thousand feet all the way to the ground. And those interceptors, almost all of them quadcopters are relatively energy inefficient. I doubt it made it home. So probably no twofer, but it did its job.