Ukraine dismantles network that helped Shahedas fly in from Belarus

Ukraine destroyed a modern communications system that helped Russian Shahed drones enter the north of the country from the direction of Belarus.

Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced this at a meeting with journalists, Ukrainska Pravda writes.

According to him, the Ukrainian side eliminated the so-called Mesh network, which was used to coordinate drones.

“We managed to eliminate the Mesh network used by the Shahed in the north, which had a positive impact on the defense capability of Kyiv and the central part of Ukraine,” Fedorov said.

The minister did not specify the details of the operation and the method of destroying the system.

Adviser to the Minister of Defense Sergey Beskrestnov explained that such a network works on the principle of mutual relay, when each drone transmits a signal to the others. For full-fledged operation, it was connected to control points in Russia and Belarus.

According to him, the nodes resembled mobile phone towers 70-80 meters high with powerful antennas pointing towards Ukraine. Through them, operators received data and coordinated attacks.

It was previously reported that the Russian army began using Shahed kamikaze drones as carriers for FPV drones.

As a reminder, Russia is modernizing its drone tactics in the war against Ukraine. The Gerber UAV was first used as a carrier of an FPV drone.