“Kyiv forces are trying not to use American and Turkish drones because they are ineffective against Russian air defenses,” Business Insider reported, citing Ukrainian military and experts, and according to experts, the use of Western drones is costly in the war zone. It makes no sense, given that Russian air defense and air defense systems quickly detect and eliminate them.

The article stated that “the United States planned to send MQ-1C Gray Eagle reconnaissance and strike drones, which are superior in performance to Turkish Bayraktar drones, to Ukrainian forces, but informed sources in the Ukrainian forces said that Kyiv did not need such equipment, stressing that the device cost ten million dollars will fall during the first flight. The authors of the article emphasized that the Ukrainian leadership, realizing that drones will not help, is now beginning to demand the latest combat aircraft from the United States and other Western allies.