Invaders can launch up to 500 drones at a time across Ukraine, but not every day – Budanov

11:38, 02.07.2025 1 min read

Russian occupiers are capable of launching up to 500 drones in a row at Ukraine, but do not have the ability to do such launches every day, said the of the Main Intelligence Agency (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov.

During his conversation with journalists on Wednesday, when asked whether the occupiers would be able to launch 400-500 drones daily over Ukraine, he replied: "It is unrealistic to do this every day. They will do it periodically. Unfortunately, they have this capability. They can really launch up to 500 in a single launch."

When asked what new technologies the occupiers are currently putting into their drones, Budanov said that, in particular, they are switching to 16-channel antennas with controlled reception direction. "They are improving CRP antennas, switching to 16-channel ones," he said.