Shakhda attack trains and factories: what is the purpose of new tactics of Russian strikes in Ukraine - Le Monde

The Russians have transformed Shahaned into a "cheap hare", and are now trying to harm material, financial and psychological, according to the article of the French media. The Russian Federation expects moral losses to break Ukraine and partners faster than hostilities, since the situation on the battlefield shows that there will be no victory in the near future.

The media said that the idea was not invented for civilian purposes, but by the Italian General Julio Due, who lived in the early 20th century. According to the Italian doctrine, it is necessary to terrorize "vital economic centers and civilian populations to break the enemy's moral spirit.

" After the Russian Federation has established the production of "Shahaneda" in the deep rear, in the Elabuz, the Kremlin was given the opportunity to bring this strategy into life, which now see Ukrainians, analysts explained. The article also presented Professor Thomas G. Mahnken from the Center for Strategic Studies at Jones Hopkins University. According to the researcher, the Russian Federation forces Ukraine to arrange a race of all newer weapons to overcome a lot of cheap drones-Kamikadze.

Such costs are another goal that the Russians have given their "moped". The article described how the Shahamed Dron-Kamikadze evolved during the three years of the war and how the pace and peculiarities of its use changed. In particular, at the beginning of the war, from the fall of 2022, there were several dozen BPPL struck, and now about 500 "Shahmed" is flying every six days.

In addition, drones received jet motors that can develop speeds of up to 300 km/h and received video cameras for transmitting the signal to the operator on the radio channel (focus wrote about the possible use of such drone for impact on the train in the Chernihiv region). Another problem associated with "Shahaneda" and used by the Russian Federation is the discrepancy between the drone and the Patriot or other missile, which is being knocked down.

It turned out that the military had not considered such threats at all, and therefore there are means of killing missiles, but there is no - for the beat of UAVs, LE Monde wrote. "This conflict has demonstrated the need for the whole world, and Europeans in particular, to invest in the ability to combat drones," the analysts explained. It should be noted that Focus wrote about Shahanedov's strikes in Ukraine, which took place, in particular, in September 2025.

The most massive in the war of blows occurred on September 7. According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces, the Russians used 821 air targets, of which more than 800 were shock UAV-Kamikadze and UAV-simulators. Meanwhile, in early October, railway infrastructure was intensified. The network has published the effects of an attack on a freight train in Shostka, and the PF Armed Forces showed how Shahda tracked out and probably blew up the train with fuel and equipment in the Chernihiv region.