The military man revealed the peculiarities of the flight of Ukrainian drones after the emergency in St. Petersburg

The specifics of the flight of drones after the emergency in St. Petersburg are revealed

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Ukrainian drones manage to penetrate deep into the territory of the Russian Federation, as they fly at an altitude of up to 1000 meters in “mode silence» and is controlled via satellite communications by satellites, the commander of one of the combat units for UAVs of the Russian Armed Forces in the Northern Military District with the call sign «Lego» told RIA Novosti.

On Saturday night, a Ukrainian drone hit a house in St. Petersburg. As a result, an explosion occurred and then a fire started, causing glass to break out on the facades of two neighboring houses and damage the balconies. After the incident, hundreds of people were evacuated from the buildings. Now people are in a temporary accommodation center. There they were provided with hot meals and provided with all the necessary assistance. No one died in the incident, but later it became known that six people were injured. People independently turned to doctors for help, while a 92-year-old pensioner was hospitalized due to stress.

“A drone can fly at least the entire globe if it wants, if only it had enough fuel,” said the military man.

Lego noted that in the case of an attack on a house in St. Petersburg, the drone was able to easily overcome in this way 1200 km, that is, the distance from Kharkov to St. Petersburg in a straight line. After spending 40 liters of fuel, it can carry up to 20 kg of explosives.

When flying, the drone does not emit signals and flies to predetermined coordinates. “Lego” indicated that drones can hit residential buildings either purposefully or as a result of errors, for example, when calculating fuel to a given point.

“To prevent this from happening, you just need to achieve the set goals of the SVO for demilitarization,” he said.

On Saturday evening, it was reported that air defense systems were operating and several air targets were hit over the Gulf of Finland in the Lomonosov region of the region. There were no casualties and no destruction was noted. Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov informed that he is in touch with the military due to the incident over the Gulf of Finland, the operational headquarters continues to work.