{"id":1370455,"date":"2026-03-17T14:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-spent-dozens-of-lancets-for-a-demonstration-attack-on-kyiv-the-flash-revealed-the-details\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:07:27","slug":"russia-spent-dozens-of-lancets-for-a-demonstration-attack-on-kyiv-the-flash-revealed-the-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-spent-dozens-of-lancets-for-a-demonstration-attack-on-kyiv-the-flash-revealed-the-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia spent dozens of Lancets for a demonstration attack on Kyiv: The Flash revealed the details"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia<\/span> used<\/span> Lancet<\/span> kamikaze<\/span> drones<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> as<\/span> part of<\/span> an information<\/span> operation<\/span> to<\/span> demonstrate<\/span> their<\/span> use.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This<\/span> was<\/span> reported<\/span><\/a> by Advisor to<\/span> the Minister of<\/span> Defense<\/span> of Ukraine<\/span> Serhiy<\/span> Beskrestnov.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to<\/span> him<\/span> ,<\/span> the Russian<\/span> side<\/span> tried<\/span> at<\/span> all<\/span> costs<\/span> to show the “<\/span> successful”<\/span> use of the “<\/span> Lancets”<\/span> in<\/span> the capital<\/span> in order to<\/span> create<\/span> an information<\/span> effect<\/span> for<\/span> the domestic<\/span> audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“<\/span> The task is<\/span> to demonstrate<\/span> to the residents<\/span> of the Russian Federation<\/span> and<\/span> the leadership<\/span> the wreckage<\/span> of the Lancet<\/span> in<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> at<\/span> any<\/span> cost<\/span> ,” he noted<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beskrestnov<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> for<\/span> this purpose<\/span> the Russian Federation<\/span> has prepared<\/span> a<\/span> combined<\/span> attack<\/span> using<\/span> Lancets<\/span> and<\/span> Shahed<\/span> drones<\/span> .<\/p>\n

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According to<\/span> his<\/span> estimate,<\/span> the Russians<\/span> could<\/span> have launched<\/span> about<\/span> 40<\/span> Lancets,<\/span> despite<\/span> the fact<\/span> that<\/span> these<\/span> drones<\/span> are usually<\/span> used<\/span> at<\/span> closer<\/span> ranges.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The expert<\/span> explained<\/span> that<\/span> the standard<\/span> Lancet<\/span> is<\/span> unable<\/span> to cover<\/span> the distance<\/span> to<\/span> Kyiv,<\/span> so<\/span> the Russians<\/span> modified<\/span> the drones –<\/span> removed<\/span> the<\/span> warhead<\/span> and<\/span> installed<\/span> additional<\/span> batteries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“The chances<\/span> of<\/span> the basic<\/span> Lancet<\/span> flying<\/span> 200<\/span> km<\/span> to<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> are zero,”<\/span> he stressed<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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According<\/span> to<\/span> Beskrestnov,<\/span> the drones<\/span> were launched<\/span> from<\/span> a point as close<\/span> as possible<\/span> to<\/span> the capital<\/span> ,<\/span> waiting for<\/span> favorable<\/span> weather<\/span> conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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During<\/span> the<\/span> attack,<\/span> the air<\/span> targets<\/span> moved<\/span> at<\/span> different<\/span> altitudes<\/span> and<\/span> stretched<\/span> over<\/span> a significant<\/span> area –<\/span> from<\/span> Chernihiv<\/span> region<\/span> to<\/span> Kyiv.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ukrainian<\/span> air<\/span> defenses<\/span> intercepted<\/span> most of<\/span> the targets.<\/span> Only<\/span> a<\/span> few<\/span> drones<\/span> reached<\/span> the capital<\/span> , causing<\/span> no<\/span> damage<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the same time,<\/span> the wreckage<\/span> of one<\/span> of<\/span> them<\/span> was recorded<\/span> in<\/span> the city center<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beskrestnov<\/span> noted<\/span> that<\/span> such<\/span> an operation<\/span> made<\/span> no<\/span> military<\/span> sense,<\/span> since<\/span> the Lancets<\/span> are<\/span> an effective<\/span> weapon<\/span> on<\/span> the front,<\/span> but<\/span> they<\/span> were used<\/span> for<\/span> a demonstrative<\/span> attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He<\/span> also<\/span> added<\/span> that<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> has received<\/span> additional<\/span> opportunities<\/span> to<\/span> study<\/span> the technical<\/span> characteristics<\/span> of these<\/span> drones<\/span> and<\/span> improve<\/span> counteraction<\/span> to small<\/span> air<\/span> targets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Earlier it was reported that Russia attacked Kyiv with drones, air defense forces were working in the capital.<\/a> The wreckage of the UAV fell in the city center, the consequences of the attack are being recorded in the Shevchenko district, initially without casualties.<\/p>\n

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We will remind you that during the Russian air attack on Kyiv, the wreckage of an enemy drone fell in the center of the capital – near the Independence Monument.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Russia used Lancet kamikaze drones during the attack on Kyiv as part of an information operation to demonstrate their use. This was reported by Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Serhiy Beskrestnov. According to him , the Russian side tried at all costs to show the “ successful” use of the “ Lancets” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1370447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1370455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1370447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}