{"id":1363567,"date":"2026-02-27T20:17:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukraine-dismantles-network-that-helped-shahedas-fly-in-from-belarus\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:17:42","slug":"ukraine-dismantles-network-that-helped-shahedas-fly-in-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ukraine-dismantles-network-that-helped-shahedas-fly-in-from-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine dismantles network that helped Shahedas fly in from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"493\"><strong>Ukraine destroyed a modern communications system that helped Russian Shahed drones enter the north of the country from the direction of Belarus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced this at a meeting with journalists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2026\/02\/27\/8023062\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ukrainska Pravda writes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"706\"> According to him, the Ukrainian side eliminated the so-called Mesh network, which was used to coordinate drones.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"883\"> &#8220;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,&#8221; Fedorov said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"947\"> The minister did not specify the details of the operation and the method of destroying the system.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"1186\"> 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.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1384\"> 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.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1384\"> It was previously reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/nova-zahroza-z-neba-shakhed-perenosyt-odrazu-dva-fpv\/\">the Russian army began using Shahed kamikaze drones as carriers for FPV drones.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1384\"> As a reminder, Russia is modernizing its drone tactics in the war against Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/fpv-drony-teper-na-herberakh-rosiia-vyprobovuie-novu-taktyku\/\">The Gerber UAV was first used as a carrier of an FPV drone.<\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &#8220;We managed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1291001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1363567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1291001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}