Ukraine develops bullets that increase chance of shooting down Russian drones

Ukraine's defence ministry is stepping up production of special anti-drone munitions to help better counter threats from Russian FPV drones and commercial Mavic drones, according to its website.

Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that such munitions have already been assembled by several domestic manufacturers and are ready for mass production. "Their feature is a special warhead that significantly increases the chances of shooting down a Russian drone," he said.

He added that no special weapons are needed to use such rounds - they can be used by ordinary weapons.

"We are working to ensure that even more new and more effective weapons appear in the arsenal of our army, which will strengthen their combat power and Ukraine's defences," the Ukrainian defence minister stressed.

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