Flash reports Russian ambush drones on high-voltage wires
Serhii “Flash” says Russian drones are being positioned on high-voltage wires. His post does not specify where or when the footage was recorded.
In a Telegram post dated November 4, Serhii “Flash” said Russian forces were positioning ambush drones, known as “zhduny,” on high-voltage wires. He said the opposing forces had adopted Ukrainian practice. The post includes a 21-second video.
“Attention! The enemy has quickly adopted our experience and is now also placing ‘zhduny’ on high-voltage wires. Take this into account,” Flash wrote. This is the account given by the post’s author, not an independently established geolocation of the episode.
The post does not specify where or when the recording was made, which aircraft were used or how widespread this method of positioning drones is. The post’s date, November 4, does not establish the date of the episode itself. The message contains no information about specific attacks or casualties.
ArmyInform covered Ukrainian troops’ use of small strike drones in a report dated July 21, 2023. Operators from the Sicheslav Brigade explained that when working with FPV drones, the operator sees images from an onboard camera through special goggles and controls the aircraft.
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