ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine – Russian forces are trying to counter Ukrainian “midstrike” drone attacks by camouflaging cargoes and installing powerful jamming systems to disrupt Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system, Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots said.
Kyiv’s development of “midstrike” drones that can hit targets dozens of kilometers behind front lines accurately and cheaply, and are often flown via Starlink, has transformed the war in Ukraine. In a concerted midstrike campaign this year, Ukraine has attacked supply lines, fuel storage facilities, air-defense installations and command centers, disrupting ?Russian forces’ logistics and causing fuel shortages in Russian-occupied Crimea.
But Russia is now developing many ways to try to counter the midrange strikes, four drone ?commanders and ?pilots told a Reuters crew that visited Ukraine’s 422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment at work in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.
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