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UKRAINE has started testing out high-tech drone killing guns that can blast Putin’s kamikaze bombs out of the sky using electronic waves.
Their potential ability to smash flying Russian targets from an impressive two miles away could make the new Kvertus AD KVS G-6 defensive weapons a massively valuable asset to Ukraine.
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The anti-drone gun has been designed and specially crafted by Kvertus with the specific purpose of bringing down kamikaze drones flying overhead.
This is in response to Russian’s recent barrage of strikes as Ukraine continue to fend them off.
They work just like a regular gun as the human in control of the weapon can fire once they have detected a drone in the sky and with a simple touch of a button the gun is ready to go.
The long-range rifle is capable of reaching drones miles away from it due to its expertly designed disk, amplified and directional antennae.
Coming in at only 7kg the gun has a total output power of 100W.
This helps it to use radio signals to interrupt the control of the Russian drone before it can be remotely disabled – sending it tumbling to the ground.
Each individual Kvertus AD KVS G-6 costs £9,500, say reports, with so far only 80 being manufactured since the Russian invasion in 2022.
Another 100 have been ordered in recent weeks with many coming from donors or volunteers trying to bolster up the frontlines.
Kvertus’ director of technology Yaroslav Filimonov said the gun was made to be used “even in a stressful situation” and has a simple aim and shoot trigger.
The simple usage is paired with a super simplistic design with it all being covered inside a plastic frame with a battery attached similar to a magazine.
Another fascinating reason why Ukraine’s new super weapon could prove pivotal against their Russian aggressors is how they can help to give troops a wealth of knowledge on the Russians.
Filimonov said: “We are not damaging the drone.
“With communication lost, it just loses coordination and doesn’t know where to go.
“The drone lands where it is jammed, or can be carried away by the wind because it’s uncontrollable.”
He continued saying they can go and find the downed drones wherever they land and examine them to find “a wealth of potential intelligence”.
Russia has been launching serious drones attacks on Ukraine since the war begun but recent statistics from Ukraine have revealed 10,400 of their drones have been struck down.
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s men have also claimed to have destroyed 7,650 Russian tanks and 14,786 armoured combat vehicles as well as a mammoth 500,000 Russian soldiers.
These numbers have shot up in the past month due to the Russian advance into Kharkiv that saw thousands of Moscow‘s troops storm the border on May 10.
A tyrant's threat
Vladimir Putin has threatened all-out war if Ukraine uses Western weapons to hit Russia.
The tyrant singled out Britain — warning “countries with small territory and dense populations” should be careful.
Russia uses Iranian, North Korean and Chinese weapons to attack Ukraine.
But the President said Kyiv responding with rockets from allies risked a “global conflict”.
The UK has provided Ukraine with both lethal and non-lethal weapons.
Putin said: “Constant escalation can lead to serious consequences.
“Nato members, particularly in Europe, should beware of what they are playing with.”
When asked if Ukraine had been banned from using our weapons on Russia,
Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said: “We don’t discuss any caveats on those.
“But Ukraine absolutely has the right to strike back at Russia.”
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called for permission from allies use their weapons on Russian soil.
Kremlin troops assaulting Kharkiv appear to be immune from long range rocket strikes by US Himars launchers, with a range of 70 miles.
Despite making their biggest territorial gains in 18 months the Russian death toll has risen sharply as the Ukrainian defence continues to strengthen.
President Zelensky said: “The Ukrainian defence forces have stopped Russian troops in the Kharkiv sector.
“The situation is under control, counter-offensive actions are under way.”
The World Health Organisation says 14,000 people have so far been evacuated from Kharkiv amid the daily bombardment of Russian rockets.
Putin is also reportedly ready to offer Ukraine a ceasefire opportunity but only if Kyiv gives up all the territory stolen by Russia.
The despot is considering a pause in the fighting that recognises the current battlefield lines, sources close to his inner circle claim.
One said: “Putin can fight for as long as it takes, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire to freeze the war.”
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has previously admitted his boss is open to a dialogue with Ukraine and the West to achieve its goals.
Saying Russia wasn’t looking for an eternal war.
Ukraine has had success using kamikaze drones as a weapon in the past with troops blasting a Russian freight train earlier this month, sparking a massive explosion.
The blast proved pivotal in the Ukrainian ploy to block a key missile supply line.
Dramatic footage captured the moment a huge fire on the railway line at Kotluban station near Volgograd erupted after dozens of wagons were derailed.
A witness in a train passing on an undamaged line said he saw an exploded oil wagon and badly burned timber adding: “Everything is mangled.
“Firefighters are here – one carriage is all torn up, lying across the tracks.”
As a succession of powerful drone explosions were heard overnight in the Dzerzhinsky district in Kaluga Oblast as flames and smoke filled the air.
Kamikaze drones blasted a Russian oil refinery as three tanks containing diesel fuel, and one tank containing fuel oil, were said to have been set alight.
Another oil depot blitz saw Ukraine strike a key spot near the £3billion bridge linking Crimea to Russia.
Footage showed the blazing oil terminal at Yurovka in southern Krasnodar region, where Vladimir Putin has two sprawling palaces.
Some 62 firefighters rushed to the LUKOIL-Yugnaftoprodukt oil terminal to try and extinguish the roaring blaze.
Ukraine‘s repeated attacks on oil refineries have become a major headache for Putin, with Russian prices rising and supplies disrupted.
Moscow is meanwhile pummelling Ukraine’s power plants in an attempt to hamper the production of weapons and public morale.
Putin's invasion in Kharkiv
By Paul Sims
UKRAINE’S second largest city of Kharkiv was blitzed from the air on May 10 as advancing enemy troops were pegged back
They fired missiles, drones and glider bombs towards the border towns of Vovchansk, Lyptsi and beyond.
The relentless daily bombardment from the skies was stepped up as Ukraine’s warriors repelled a series of ground offensives.
In a town 15 miles from the frontline, the residents of a quiet residential street were among the latest casualties of Russia’s onslaught.
We found Vasyl Lutsenko, 67, at the base of a tree overlooking the charred remains of the home he and wife Olena have shared for the last 24 years.
Their property was hit by an Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drone shortly after 2am and burned to the ground.
It hit their Summer kitchen before the flames spread instantly to the main house and the neighbours next door.
The timber frames were still smouldering as we arrived yesterday amid piles of brickwork and masonry, twisted metal and their charred possessions.
The roof is no more and all that remains of the lives they created here is a wasteland of treasured memories.
Bearded Vasyl manages a smile as he mentions Boris Johnson and says he and Olena, 58, are lucky to be alive. He is already talking about rebuilding.
But it is too much for Olena who suddenly breaks down and shakes her head as a tear rolls down her cheek.
The Lutsenko home is the latest to be struck by the indiscriminate attacks that have increased daily over the last three weeks.
Extraordinary video footage taken by firefighters hours earlier showed their two-bedroom home engulfed by flames.
Vasyl and Olena escaped via their bedroom window after it was blown in by the power of the blast.
Olena was in her slippers but is now wearing a pair of trainers donated by a neighbour.
Vasyl says: “The world needs to understand that we cannot stop Vladimir Putin on our own.
“The whole world needs to end Putin. He won’t stop. You will have the war in London and around your home if he is not stopped.
“Today, we have great news. We are alive and I suspect this dumbf*** Putin will be dead soon.
“He’s a d***head.”
Next door, Oleksii Yakhno, 71, is surveying the devastating damage to the home he and wife Olga, 68, have lived in for the last 51 years.
Oleksii was asleep in a back bedroom and his wife was on a sofa bed in the kitchen when the drone struck.
Olga cried out to her husband to save the family car, a purple 13 series Lada, as the ceilings caved in.
He did as he was told and ran out in his pants, diving into the front seat as the flames tore through the garage.
Tearful Oleksii tells me: “My wife saw the neighbour’s summer kitchen hit by the drone.
“It caught fire immediately and my wife told me to go and save our car.
“I went off – even in my underwear – ran into the garage and started the engine.
“Over the last few years I’ve been saving money so that my daughter’s can pay for my funeral when I’m dead, but it’s all gone.”
His eyes fill with tears as he says: “I don’t have any feelings – just that I have lost the roof over my head.
“The home and everything we owned is gone – I just don’t know what to do.
“Maybe I would be better off dead. It’s very, very bad. What can I do now? I have lived my entire life here.”
Local Mayor Ihor Terekhov told The Sun: “People are left with nothing right now. We will definitely help them and do our best to rebuild their lives.
“The Russian aggressor is carrying out crimes every day against the Ukrainian nation.
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