How Russia is ramping up efforts to counter drones in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen an increase in the scale of drone usage on the battlefield on both sides of the conflict. (Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/@DefenceU on Twitter)
Russian forces in Ukraine have been employing multifaceted strategies to counteract drones, as a past reliance on large-scale electronic warfare has shifted towards diverse, localised countermeasures.
Russian forces in Ukraine have been utilising a multi-pronged approach to degrading Ukrainian drones. The approach has included attacking the physical infrastructure used to extend their range, home-made and commercial electronic warfare (EW) systems at tactical echelons, and sniper pairs to shoot larger systems.
The development of counter-drone efforts has occurred organically and shifted from a previous reliance upon Russia’s battalion- and brigade-level EW which was doctrinally responsible for counter-drone effects at the start of the invasion.
A factor that has driven tactical counter-drone adaptations has been the increase in the scale of drone usage which has exposed units without
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