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Russian Forces Shift to Low-Altitude, Manually Controlled Drone Strikes to Evade Air Defenses

Ukraine says Russian operators are flying Shahed drones lower and by hand as air defenses intercepted 69 of 90 drones and one missile.

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Russian forces are increasingly using manually controlled drones flying as low as 22 meters to bypass Ukrainian radar and interceptors.

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Why has the enemy changed its drone attack tactics in Ukraine? Russian forces are increasingly moving away from the tactics of mass attacks with Shahed drones and toward single, complex drone strikes using manual control. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the Telegram channel of Sergei "Flash" Beskrestnov, Advisor to the President of Ukraine on the Development of Technological Directions of Defense. "The Shahed drones are increasingly mov…

Russian troops have increasingly abandoned the tactics of massive drone-camcaze strikes in Ukraine, and now the Putin army has decided to move towards more targeted but complex and coordinated attacks.

Russian Shahed strike drones are changing their tactics and are increasingly carrying out single attacks using manual controls. This was announced by the adviser to the president Sergey “Flash” Beskrestnov. According to him, one of these drones dropped to a height of 22 meters during the attack on the target. Such tactics, Beskrestnov noted, are aimed at avoiding detection by Ukrainian radar stations and interceptors. The “shaheeds” are increasi…

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About this, the president's radnik from the development of technological direct defense Sergey Beskrestnov (Flash). From his information, now Shahedi Dedali often go from the tactics of mass attacks to lonely, but folding attacks in the regime manual maintenance. Often, sorcerous drones drop to 22 meters to attack targets.” Let's think about getting to the forefront of our radars and crossover. But our lads got hurt. All the enemies are trying t…

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espreso.tv broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday, July 18, 2026.
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