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During drone attacks on Ukraine, the enemy frequently uses decoys, according to Demchenko.

During the war with Russia, mobile fire groups of the State Border Guard Service shot down over 300 strike and reconnaissance drones. In its attacks on Ukrainian territory using drones, the enemy frequently employs decoys.
Во время атак дронов на Украину противник часто использует приманки, - заявил Демченко.

This was reported by the spokesperson of the State Border Guard Service, Andriy Demchenko, during a broadcast, as conveyed by Ukrinform.

“I can note that mobile fire groups of the State Border Guard Service have shot down more than 300 UAVs launched by the enemy into our territory during the war — both strike and reconnaissance types. Mostly, these are, of course, "Shaheds," and the majority of them were destroyed over the past year,” Demchenko stated.

According to him, during attacks on Ukrainian territory using UAVs, the enemy often employs decoys to distract primary fire damage assets.

“Along the border with Belarus, such instances are significantly fewer. Most attempts to penetrate come primarily from Russian territory, particularly from the Sumy and Chernihiv directions. The enemy is also actively launching such aerial damage or distraction means in the Southern direction,” he noted.

Demchenko added that the length of the border with the terrorist state is quite extensive, and the Russians are trying to find routes from which they can launch drones to penetrate as far into Ukrainian territory as possible. According to him, the mobile fire groups, which include units of the State Border Guard Service, are maximizing the destruction of such UAVs.

As reported by Ukrinform, during the past day, January 26, 166 combat encounters were recorded, 78 of which occurred in the Pokrovsk direction.

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