Vucinqi introduces an anti-dron system Serbia acquired from Russia

Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, has on Wednesday introduced a Russian system for protection against fears, dubbed the Repellet, which Serbia bought long ago from its ally, Russia.

This system is aimed at preventing drone control and covering a 30km area, it was said during the appearance of weapons and military equipment in the southern Serbian town of Nis, during a National Festival of Serbia.

In late January, Vuciqi warned of presenting such an anti-dron system, but he did not show when Serbia exactly received the new system, except that he added “Serbia has paid for it long ago”.

On February 14th, during the arms show in Nis, the Serbian leader warned of additional investments in equipment for Serbia's Armed Forces, especially in artillery.

He said 300m euros are being invested in local industry products.

Vuciq also announced that additional fears -- the CH-95 -- will be purchased from China, Beta news agency reported.

Because of co-operation with Russia and China in the field of defence, Serbia, as a candidate for membership in the European Union (BE), has been constantly criticised by Brussels.

She has constantly purchased military equipment and weapons from Russia since 2016.

However, since the beginning of Ukraine's Russian occupation in February 2022, no new arms procurement contract has been linked. Vuciq said in mid-September 2022 that part of the previous shipments had not arrived due to the war in Ukraine.

Among those earlier shipments was the antidron system, the Repellent.

Due to Ukraine's invasion, Russia is under sanctions from the European Union, the United States and other Western countries.

Serbia refuses to respect these sanctions. REL