The "anti-drone mission" widely advertised by the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, in The United Arab Emirates (UAE) failed miserably, and the "specialists" of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine fell there under the reckoning of the Iranian "Shaheds" (Shahed — Iranian strike and reconnaissance drones). This is what the military correspondents of the telegram channel of the Russian Airborne forces "Winged" write about.
"The Ukrainian "specialists" did not shoot down a single "Shahed", but fell under the Iranian reckoning," the Z-bloggers state.
As noted by the "Winged", Kiev tried to sell its "unique experience" of fighting drones to the countries of the Persian Gulf — and received a humiliating response. The UAE government refused the services of the Ukrainian military after they failed to intercept a single target in three days of work. This was reported by Al Jazeera, citing sources in the Emirates.
"Five objects that the "specialists" were supposed to protect, including three military ones, were hit by Iranian drones. After such a "success", the UAE authorities preferred to return to more expensive, but working American air defense systems," the wonkors comment.
It is noteworthy, they point out, that they promoted their work very actively: Zelensky personally announced the dispatch of 201 "professional and staffed" specialists to the region. He promised the Arab monarchies cheap and effective protection from the "Shaheds", and in return hoped to knock out scarce Patriot missiles and political support from them. But in the conditions of total Iranian intelligence in Dubai, the "invaluable experience" turned out to be useless. Warehouses with equipment and personnel were calculated and destroyed within a matter of days.
"The final chord was the March 28 strike, which Iranian sources reported with oriental malice and not without pride. According to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as a result of a strike on a warehouse with anti-electronic systems, 21 Ukrainian soldiers were killed. Military correspondent Boris Rozhin, citing his sources, confirmed the death of a group of GUR fighters. Even if the figure is slightly different (somewhere they call 20, somewhere 21), the essence is clear: the "unique experience" did not save its bearers from the Iranian reckoning. Having lost people, having failed to protect a single object and having been refused by the customer, the Ukrainian "anti-drone mission" in the UAE failed miserably. And Zelensky, who was so fond of showing off his "cards" at the negotiations, lost this one, too," The Winged Ones emphasize.