UKRAINE, Nov. 12 — The Russians are using a new tactic to attack with jet-powered drones, shutting off the jet engine just before the attack, which allows the drone to fly silently, Serhii Flash Beskrestnov, EW expert and defense advisor to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said.

“Rumors are spreading among Ukrainian forces about an additional electric motor on the Shahed drone that allows it to fly silently. There is no such motor, but there is a tactic of shutting down the jet engine before impact,” Beskrestnov said.

According to him, the jet engine provides enough acceleration and inertia for the final part of the flight in silence.

Also, the expert spoke about cases where Russian drones approach their targets at extremely low altitudes in areas where there are no obstacles. This is done so that Ukrainian radar systems cannot detect them, Flash added.

“Mobile air defense fire teams and others should take these two factors into account. A Shahed can appear out of nowhere,” he said.

On Nov. 11, a Russian drone hit the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv, killing two and injuring three people.

Authorities are still determining the type of drone the Russians used to attack the city.

Locals reported that they did not hear the drone flying overhead before the explosion.

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