“Bad news for us,” Chernik suggested how Russia could improve “Shaheds”

Almost every night the Russians launch Shaheeds across the territory of Ukraine. In particular, in Odessa, where on March 2, a drone strike on a high-rise building caused destruction and the death of 12 people. An examination is currently underway, but there is an assumption that this drone had a reinforced warhead.

Military expert Peter Chernik said 24 Channelthat the enemy has the potential to improve drones. Russia has a huge military-industrial complex, which it inherited from the Soviet Union.

Something succeeded then do

The standard warhead of the Shahed-136 is within 50 kilograms of TNT, explosives or hexogen. And such a powerful explosion could only happen if the Russians managed to integrate thermobaric ammunition into the drone.

When such an object arrives, colossal pressure is created, a special mixture is released, expands to a certain point and spontaneously ignites on contact with the atmosphere. Or there is a special arsonist, colossal pressure and a huge combustion temperature are formed there.

“This is not good news for us, but the Russians probably managed to do something similar. But the final answer must be given by experts,” Chernik emphasized.

There will be no resource to scale

The Russians also showed for the first time the plant where Shaheds are assembled. The footage shows a large number of drones produced by the enemy.

This has certain signs of mass production, but it is not so massive that Something was really broken. If the Russians put on the assembly line the production of drones as they declare – 1.5 thousand, it would be quite sensitive for us,” the military expert noted.

Now records in terms of drone production compared to September (more than 500 Shaheds) and December (more than 600 units) of 2023, they did not deliver.

Even if they increase production, it will not break our resistance. Since the beginning of the war, Russia has dropped an unprecedented number of missiles of various types on our territory since the Second World War – more than 10 thousand. However, we survived it.

Also, the winter that ended, compared to the last one, was easier due to the almost absence of attacks on the energy infrastructure, except for attacks in the front-line zone. The enemy will definitely carry out such strikes in the future, but he will not have a resource of greater scalability. Shaheds.” The maximum they can do is his body. Everything else is purchased on international markets. This is the root of all evil. However, since we live in a market economy, it has not yet been possible to regulate this,” noted Petr Chernik.

Shahed attacks on the territory of Ukraine

• Odessa was attacked by the Shaheeds on March 2. As a result of the drone hitting a high-rise building, it was destroyed. 12 people died under the rubble, including 5 children.
• On the night of March 6, the enemy again struck Odessa with “Shaheds”. Drones maneuvered between high-rise buildings. Drone debris also damaged private houses in the Odessa region.
• Last night, the occupiers also attacked Sumy with “Shaheds”. As a result of the shelling, four adults and one 10-year-old boy were injured.
• Also, one of the drones was heading to a hospital in Sumy, where there were approximately 400 patients. However, the Air Defense Forces managed to change its course. At the same time, apartments in 11 houses were destroyed due to the attack, as well as the building of a preschool educational institution.