The United States is spying on the movement of Russian troops in Ukraine with sophisticated and very expensive drones.
In the skies of Ukraine, which are empty due to the conflict with Russia, it appears on the radar there is a sophisticated drone belonging to the US military, the RQ Global Hawk. He often circled Ukrainian airspace to monitor the movement of Russian troops
According to Flightradar24 monitoring, the two spy drones fly regularly from the Mediterranean Sea to Ukraine.
Drones are very expensive, the price is in the range of USD 220 million .
The company that makes it Northrop Grumman, says this drone can record high-resolution images over a wide area and can operate day and night in all weathers.
The flight of the first generation RQ Global Hawk drone was carried out in 1998 and remains reliable today.
On February 15 and 16 2022, Flightradar21 monitored the drone for more than 20 hours over Ukrainian territory.
The plane with a wingspan of nearly 40 meters can indeed fly more than 30 hours without a break. Now that Russia is actually invading Ukraine, it is not yet known whether this mission will continue.
The mission of this kind of drone is to gather intelligence to support soldiers.
In a day, the area that could be watched could be the size of South Korea or Iceland.
The two drones are said to be the only ones active in Ukrainian airspace. Perhaps the US did it on purpose as a show of force and to insist that they remain present in Ukraine at a time when the Russian threat becomes real.
"The mission demonstrates our ongoing commitment to security in the region," a US Air Force spokesman said.