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Videos show netting strung between lampposts in an apparent Russian attempt to stop drone attacks. In one widely shared video, a drone simply flew over the netting and hit its target anyway. AdvertisementAdvertisementVideos are circulating online that appear to show Russian efforts to block Ukrainian drone attacks in or near Bakhmut using simple netting hung up between lampposts. Both Russia and Ukraine have made extensive use of cheap, hobby first-person view drones, loaded with explosives — to sometimes devastating effect, as Insider's Ryan Pickrell reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementFPV drones are guided by an operator who sees the drone's view through a headset.
Persons: , Igor Sushko, Samuel Bendett, Bendett, Insider's Ryan Pickrell, Sushko Organizations: Service, Center for Naval Locations: Ukraine, American, Bakhmut, Russia
Russia refused to acknowledge more than a handful had died, per Ukraine's defense minister. Reflecting on what he called "the cynicism of the Russians," Reznikov said that Ukraine had counted around 3,000 Russians killed, per translations provided by the filmmaker. The idea of sunflowers — Ukraine's national flower — being fertilized by the bodies of Russian soldiers is a common symbol of resistance in Ukraine. But Maurer said officials were too scared to tell anyone above the defense minister, according to Reznikov's recollection. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty ImagesInsider could not independently confirm the numbers of Russian dead at that time.
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