The Ukrainian Armed Forces colonel Vladyslav Selezniov said this on the air of the telethon on December 7.
“According to the estimates of some experts, difficult weather conditions and frosts at night do not contribute to the operation of drones,” he explained, noting that the plastic that is part of Iranian drones simply cannot withstand low temperatures.
“Another version is that Russia simply did not have Shahed drones. And now they have received another batch and are starting to use them actively,” Selezniov said.
On December 6, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force Yurii Ihnat voiced the assumption that the first batch of Iranian Shahed-136 combat drones had finished in the Russian army. He came to this conclusion due to the fact that Russia did not launch drones over Ukraine for several weeks.
On the night of December 7, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down 14 Shahed drones over Ukraine.
On December 7, Zeit reported that Russia had probably ordered a new batch of drones and ballistic missiles from Iran.