The world’s principal theater of evolving drone warfare has a new angle, as Russia is now using relatively cheaper unarmed drones to force Ukraine into revealing the location of its air defense assets.
The deceptive new drones, built from cheap materials including plywood and foam plastic, have been used in five Russian strikes over the past two to three weeks, Reuters has reported, citing Ukrainian intelligence official Andriy Cherniak. One version uses a camera and a mobile phone SIM card to send imagery to its operator.