Russia’s Akhmat special forces accused NATO countries of using the war in Ukraine as a drone testbed against Moscow’s troops.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/12142933

In an interview with Russia’s state news agency TASS on Tuesday, Oct. 27 the commander of Moscow’s Akhmat special forces unit, Lt. Gen. Apti Alaudinov complained that NATO nations were using the war in Ukraine to test drone technology in combat against Russia.

He commented that large numbers of Western manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) were being encountered: “We see that drones manufactured in all these countries, which are members of the NATO alliance, are being tested against us on the line of engagement.”

Alaudinov claimed that these included drones of every type, capability and operational ranges. According to him, this not only included first-person view (FPV) drones used to attack Russian forces and equipment on the front line but also included long-range UAVs that were being used to carry out deep strikes against towns, cities and infrastructure inside Russia.

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  • motionofethre@piefed.socialEnglish
    62·
    3 days ago

    Is Russia now the Chinese proxy state in a US - China proxy war?

    (Fuck Putin/Russia btw I’m not a tankie. Just thought just occurred to me)

    • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Tankies would never say anything that belittles Russia, so you’re in the clear!

    • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      China didn’t really want that conflict, because it disrupted their plans of reviving the Silk Road overland trade route, but since it is happening anyway, they are trying to gain any possible benefit from it. With Russia having lost a lot of its former manufacturing capability, yet having access to plentiful resources, China is making Russia pay dearly for a limited amount of support. The longer the conflict keeps going, the deeper Russia will be indebted to China. Also, the conflict is eating into China’s western rivals’ arms stockpiles, but how much of that is even necessary in order to strengthen China’s position in relation to them is disputable, because pretty much the entire capitalist West has made itself economically dependent on cheap Chinese manufacturing already anyway, and therefore wouldn’t last very long in a serious confrontation with China, even with no shots fired at all.