R18 Drone Helps Ukraine Destroy $130M In Russian Equipment

The drone division of the Ukrainian military, Aerorozvidka, just released a statement saying that their powerful R18 drone helped to destroy $130 million in Russian military equipment since the beginning of the conflict.

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That is the quantity of enemy equipment that was struck and destroyed with the aid of Aerorozvidka’s Ukrainian drone R18. And this is merely data from a subset of the R18 crews.

Ten facts about the R18 drone

Aerorozvidka would like you to know the following ten facts about their R18 drones:

• R18 has a high ROI. Aerorozvidka specialists have calculated that every dollar invested in producing a copter is equivalent to $670 in enemy losses due to destroyed and damaged military equipment. For example, the cost of BMP-2 is about $1 million; about 30 were destroyed, damaged or disabled.

• The R18 drone was developed by the Ukrainian military from the very beginning. The project started in 2017, and in 2019, the…