Frontline vs. drones: border guards of Ukraine share how to neutralize fiber-optic UAVs
Soldiers explained that sometimes even ordinary scissors are enough to cut the fiber cable and stop UAV
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Ukraine just declared open season on Russia’s drone nests in urgent strategy shift
Ukraine isn’t just shooting down drones anymore—it’s going after the operators. Under new leadership, drone crews are now the priority targets.
A Russian drone flew into Ukraine’s “hidden” Krab gun — and exposed a billion-dollar flaw in artillery design
A Russian drone slipped into a camouflaged dugout and destroyed a Krab howitzer. The real damage? A warning to every army still betting on heavy artillery.
Surprisingly, Russian soldiers used scissors to down a Ukrainian fiber-optic drone — but Kyiv also knows a trick or two
The latest Russian defense against Ukraine’s best fiber-optic drones is a pair of scissors. It actually works! But there’s no way the Russians can deploy it very widely.
Russia’s fiber-optic drones took out four HIMARS—now Ukraine’s engineers are fighting back
Russia’s top drone unit is destroying Ukraine’s most valuable launchers. Engineers are scrambling to respond.
TWZ: Ukraine’s clever fiber optic robots outwit Russian jammers—but keep tripping over rocks
Ukrainian military engineers observed as their new robots withstood jamming but stalled when their glass tethers got caught on battlefield debris and vegetation.
Ukrainian forces struck 77,000 Russian targets with drones in March, Syrskyi reports
This is 10% more than in February - Ukraine continues ramping up drone capabilities
Forbes: Ukrainian night-vision fiber-optic drone strikes Russian troops in their sleeping bags (video)
Ukrainian second-generation fiber-optic drones improved in agility, allowing for smoother movement through indoor environments.
Ukraine develops fiber-optic module fitting for all drones, integrates optical navigation module
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces test a universal fiber-optic module for all drones, while a US company integrates optical navigation into radio-controlled drones.
Forbes: Ukrainians track Russian fiber-optic drones by following cables to hidden base
By following sunlight reflections on fiber-optic drone cables, Ukrainian drone teams identified and eliminated Russian operators in Donetsk Oblast.
Solar reflection on drone fiber-optic cables leads to Russian UAV team elimination (video)
Ukrainian Ghost of Khortytsia battalion traced FPV fiber-optic cables gleaming in sunlight back to a control station, neutralizing five Russian drone pilots.
Russia’s fiber-optic drones dodge jamming, but Ukraine hunts them with infrared and sound
A thin glass thread trailing behind new Russian drones has neutralized billions in electronic warfare defenses. Now, Ukrainian forces are scrambling to devise new air defense strategies.
Forbes: Ukraine, Russia hunt “invisible” fiber-optic drones with microphones, infrared lasers
Ukrainian tech firm Kara Dag pioneers detection systems using sound arrays and infrared scanning to spot Russia's cable-controlled drones, immune to traditional jamming.
ISW: Russians make marginal advances near Toretsk, Kurakhove, deploy more fiber-optic drones
Russian forces achieved territorial gains in three distinct areas.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry showcases fiber optic-controlled FPV drones
The fiber optic-controlled FPVs were shown to military commanders and drone operators, showcasing technology that counters enemy electronic warfare.
Drone wars: Ukrainian FPV destroys Russian fiber optic-controlled drone (video)
First-ever footage shows a Ukrainian UAV destroying its Russian unjammable fiber-optic counterpart, thwarting an attack on Ukrainian equipment.
Ukraine tests fiber-optic guided hexacopter bombers to counter jamming
Ukrainian E-Banshee developers tested fiber-optic guided bomber UAVs, achieving successful, uninterrupted 10-kilometer flights through the forest.
Ukraine scrambles to counter new Russian fiber optic drone threat
The Russian military has successfully deployed fiber optic guidance technology for FPV drones, rendering traditional electronic warfare countermeasures ineffective against these aerial attacks.