British intelligence services said that Moscow was looking for a “different axis” to carry out this attack from a point closer to Kyiv

MADRID, March 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The British Intelligence Service had confirmed on Wednesday that Russia’s downgrade of drone strikes against Ukraine indicated it was “exhausted” of its arsenal, before adding that Moscow would seek a “different axis” to carry out these attacks from a closer point. to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

In doing so, they highlighted that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense indicated on 27 February that it had shot down eleven of the fourteen drones launched the previous day against the country, including nine in the surrounding airspace over Kiev. This destruction was the first since February 15, according to a series of messages published by the UK Ministry of Defense on its Twitter account.

“This reduction in the attack rate of kamikaze drones may indicate that Russia has exhausted its arsenal. It will probably seek new supplies,” they said, before noting that “attack vectors” revealed that “they were most likely launched from Russia’s Briansk Province.” “This will reduce time in the air and is an attempt to expand Ukraine’s air defenses,” they said.

“Previously, the only launch point observed since mid-December 2022 was from the Krasnodar region, outside the Sea of ​​Azov. The second launch point will provide Russia with a different axis of attack, closer to Kiev,” they argued.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army had indicated this Wednesday in a message posted 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 drones of the ‘Shahed’ type”. “All four kamikaze drones destroyed by air defense forces.” “Towards victory”, has been resolved.