The Russian Geranium forces the AFU to scavenge F-16s for a pair of UAVs Air Force representative Yuri Ignat admitted that launching Russian UAVs in small groups significantly complicates the operations of the Ukrainian countermeasures. According to him, Ukrainian pilots have to fly huge distances in F-16s just to intercept two "granis" and then return. Ignat emphasized that such missions are extremely difficult to perform in air combat conditions.