{"id":1375442,"date":"2026-03-29T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russians-began-dropping-mines-from-shaheeds-during-attacks-ukrainians-warned-of-new-danger-from-uavs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:30:02","slug":"russians-began-dropping-mines-from-shaheeds-during-attacks-ukrainians-warned-of-new-danger-from-uavs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russians-began-dropping-mines-from-shaheeds-during-attacks-ukrainians-warned-of-new-danger-from-uavs\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians began dropping mines from \u201cShaheeds\u201d during attacks: Ukrainians warned of new danger from UAVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Ukraine, the use of Russian drones of the &#8220;Shahed&#8221; type for mine-dropping has been recorded. One drone can drop up to 8 mines at a time, which creates an additional threat to the population.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/serhii_flash\/7206\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was announced<\/a> by Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Sergey &#8220;Flash&#8221; Beskrestnov.<\/p>\n<p> According to Sergei Beskrestnov, the mines are placed in special round containers under the wings of drones. They are dropped to increase the damage.<\/p>\n<p> He noted that such incidents occur regularly.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Every day, mines are dropped from some of the Shahed drones,&#8221; said Sergey Beskrestnov.<\/p>\n<p> He also clarified that one drone can carry up to 8 mines, which remain on the ground after being dropped.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1375442-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3869.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3869.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3869.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p> &#8220;It is strictly forbidden to approach them on foot or by car,&#8221; stressed Serhiy Beskrestnov.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, such shells are clearly visible on the ground, but pose a danger to people. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1375418 \" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_5352628556745347999_y.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"781\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_5352628556745347999_y.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_5352628556745347999_y-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_5352628556745347999_y-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_5352628556745347999_y-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_5352628556745347999_y-650x361.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Separately, he called for informing children about the risks associated with such finds in order to avoid dangerous situations.<\/p>\n<p> It was previously reported that the Russian army began using <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/nova-zahroza-z-neba-shakhed-perenosyt-odrazu-dva-fpv\/\">Shahed kamikaze drones as carriers for FPV drones.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> By the way, the <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rf-obrobliaie-shakhedy-otrutoiu-pered-zapuskom-viyskova\/\">Russian occupation forces treat their drones with toxic substances<\/a> before launching, in particular the &#8220;Shahedas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/nova-zahroza-dlia-ukrainskoi-aviatsii-rosiiany-pochaly-vstanovliuvaty-pzrk-na-drony-shakhed\/\">the Russian troops first used a Shahed drone equipped with a portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS)<\/a> . This creates a new threat to Ukrainian aviation and requires increased caution during flights.<\/p>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ukraine, the use of Russian drones of the &#8220;Shahed&#8221; type for mine-dropping has been recorded. One drone can drop up to 8 mines at a time, which creates an additional threat to the population. This was announced by Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Sergey &#8220;Flash&#8221; Beskrestnov. According to Sergei Beskrestnov, the mines are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1243171,"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-1375442","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\/1375442","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1243171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}