The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that has incorporated into the arsenal used in Ukraine a new kakmikaze drone, ‘Boomerang’, capable of pursuing targets moving at speeds of up to 170 kilometers per hour.

The drone, a small device, capable of carrying an explosive chargeis directed by an operator with the help of virtual reality glasses, with the help of an assistant, who follows its route on a map, said Defense on its Telegram channel, in which it published a video with images of the launch of a ‘ boomerang’.

The device, barely a span, is an FVP or immersion pilot, which facilitates the operator’s work. In addition, add the Defense note, the ‘Boomerang’ does not have a satellite communication moduleso anti-drone electronic means are useless against him.

The Russian announcement comes on the same day that UK intelligence has pointed to Russia’s decline in drone strikes against Ukraine as an apparent “depletion” of its arsenals.

British Intelligence has highlighted that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense indicated on February 27 that it had shot down eleven of the fourteen drones launched the day before against the country, including nine in the vicinity of the airspace over Kyiv. These demolitions were the first since February 15, according to a series of messages published by the British Ministry of Defense on its Twitter account.

“This drop in the rate of kamikaze drone attacks probably indicates that Russia has exhausted its arsenal. It will probably look for new supplies,” they noted, before noting that “the attack vector” reveals that “most likely they were launched from the Russian province of Briansk”. “This would reduce the time in the air and is an attempt to stretch the Ukrainian air defenses”, they have settled.

“Previously, the only launch point observed since mid-December 2022 was from the Krasnodar region, beyond the Azov Sea. A second launch point would give the Russians a different axis of attack, closer to Kyiv,” have argued.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has indicated this Wednesday in a message published on its official account on the social network Facebook that “on the night of February 28 to March 1, the enemy attacked Ukraine from the north with ‘Shahed’ type drones“. “The four kamikaze drones were destroyed by the air defense forces.” “To victory”, has settled.