Six people killed, 23 injured in Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia
Russians killed six people and wounded 23 others in their attack on Zaporizhzhia on November 5, 2024, according to Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration.
Fedorov also said that those who were injured are receiving medical treatment.
Earlier, Fedorov said that Russian forces had attacked Zaporizhzhia on the morning of November 5, targeting an infrastructure facility and injuring two people.
By way of background, Russia deployed more than 2,000 drones against Ukraine in October 2024, with Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) revealing that about half were decoys or fake targets designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences.
The Parodiia (Parody) decoy drones lack strike capabilities and are significantly smaller and less expensive than the Shahed-136/Geran-2 drones Russia uses in airstrikes on Ukraine. However, their Luneberg lens construction makes them appear as larger attack drones to Ukrainian radar systems. DIU emphasised that Russia cannot produce even these decoy drones independently due to the specialized lens technology.
Analysis shows the Parodiia’s flight controller module relies on components manufactured by firms from China (Ebyte, Jiashan Jinchang Electron and Yangzhou Yangjie Electronic Technology), the USA (Texas Instruments, Cypress Semiconductor and InvenSense), Switzerland (STMicroelectronics) and Taiwan (SONiX Technology).
Earlier in October, Yurii Ihnat, who serves as acting head of Communications for the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Air Force Command, reported that Russia had begun deploying a new type of drone alongside Shahed models. These new drones frequently fall victim to Ukrainian electronic warfare systems and crash harmlessly.
