This is the first time: the media reported the attack of "Spanish" UAV Columba on Smolensk, details
Russia claims that Ukraine has engulfed "Spanish" UAV Columba, although in open sources it is said that it is produced in our country. "The Armed Forces for the first time attacked the territory of the Russian Federation by Spanish UAV Columba. Such a drone with explosives found before entering his area, a resident of Smolensk," - said in the message.
According to the newspaper, a 50-year-old resident of one of the settlements near Smolensk found a drone before the gate of his home, the man immediately called the police. As a result, Russian experts allegedly found out that it was a spannaya despair-Columba, which carried on itself a cumulative charge KZ-6 and an explosive C-4 weighing about 1. 2 kilograms. Journalists stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the first time attacked a drone of this type.
The media said that after the fall of the UAV, there were no injury and destruction. In addition, in Russia it was stated that these drones are produced by the Spanish company Spaitech. The drones are mostly intelligence, but Ukrainian fighters allegedly process them into shock, their flight range - 120 kilometers, they can carry up to seven kilograms of load, added the publication.
In September, the chief designer of SPAITECH Andriy Lipovy said that the company developed a Columba unmanned aerial vehicle, but the idea was not possible to bring to life due to the lack of a customer. The technical characteristics of UAV: Recall that on the night of November 16, two groups of drones attacked the Bryansk region and temporarily occupied Crimea. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the air defense allegedly shot down all the drones.