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Over the skies of Kiev

Ukrainian anti-aircraft shoots down a drone (Ukrainian)

Perhaps due to a breakdown, a drone goes out of control while flying over the capital, the Ukrainian mobile air defense is called to destroy it - the video of the explosion

05/05/2023

Reuters

This also happens.

The Ukrainian armed forces destroyed with anti-aircraft one of their own drones, which was out of control over the skies of the capital Kiev - probably due to a technical failure. The video captures the moment when a rocket launched from the ground hits the rebel drone, which explodes and falls to the ground in a fireball.

This is what the official statement released via Telegram reads:

"On May 4, at around 20 p.m., control of a Baykartar TV2 drone was lost during a scheduled launch over the Kiev region. Since the uncontrolled flight of the drone could have caused undesirable consequences, it was decided to use mobile anti-aircraft groups - which destroyed the target."