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