Russia unveils heavy drone described as analogue of Ukraine's Baba Yaga

Russia has revealed specifications for the heavy Berdysh drone, which Russian sources describe as an analogue of the Ukrainian Baba Yaga drones.

Source: Russian Telegram channels

Details: Russian military personnel use the term "Baba Yaga" as a generic name for Ukrainian heavy strike copters such as Vampire, Heavy Shot, Kazhan and similar UAVs.

The Berdysh is a multirotor hexacopter drone capable of performing strike, cargo and communications relay functions. The UAV is reportedly developed by Ural Drone Factory.

According to Russian materials, the Berdysh has a flight range of up to 25 km, an altitude ceiling of up to 1,000 m and a speed of up to 50 km/h. Its claimed payload capacity is up to 20 kg.

Russian sources also claim the drone can conduct round-the-clock television and infrared reconnaissance. According to these claims, the UAV can detect a person at a distance of up to 2 km and ground equipment at up to 10 km. Target identification is supposedly possible at distances of up to 500 m for personnel and up to 2 km for vehicles.

In addition, Russian sources say the Berdysh can use mounted Shmel and Kryuk grenade launchers.

Background: Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda reported that Russian forces had begun repairing captured Ukrainian Vampire bomber drones due to a shortage of their own heavy UAVs.

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