{"id":1385784,"date":"2026-04-23T22:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukraine-launches-new-level-of-remotely-controlled-air-defense-fedorov\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:06:15","slug":"ukraine-launches-new-level-of-remotely-controlled-air-defense-fedorov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ukraine-launches-new-level-of-remotely-controlled-air-defense-fedorov\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Rolls Out New Generation of Remote Air Defense \u2014 Fedorov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"817\"><strong>Ukraine is launching a new level of so-called &#8220;small&#8221; air defense systems that can remotely control interceptor drones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"817\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1CKHmWUu8L\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> Defense Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 848px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1385784-1\" width=\"848\" height=\"848\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3432.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3432.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3432.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"1046\">According to him, a year ago, the Brave1 defense innovation cluster began developing this technology. Currently, Ukraine has confirmed results: drones successfully intercept targets from hundreds to thousands of kilometers away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1228\">This is a fundamentally new approach to air defense. Operators are no longer tied to positions on the front line\u2014drones are controlled from protected locations in the rear or even abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1364\">This allows for increased interception efficiency, reduced risk to pilots, and the scaling of the system without being tied to the line of combat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1366\" data-end=\"1456\">Currently, more than 10 manufacturers have already integrated remote control solutions into their systems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1609\">According to the minister, Ukraine continues to develop defense innovations to achieve 100% detection of air targets and at least 95% neutralization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine is launching a new level of so-called &#8220;small&#8221; air defense systems that can remotely control interceptor drones. &nbsp; This was reported by Defense Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov. &nbsp; According to him, a year ago, the Brave1 defense innovation cluster began developing this technology. Currently, Ukraine has confirmed results: drones successfully intercept targets from hundreds to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1385779,"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-1385784","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\/1385784","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=1385784"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385806,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385784\/revisions\/1385806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1385779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}