ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine šC Russian forces are trying to counter Ukrainian ¡°midstrike¡± drone attacks by camouflaging cargoes and installing powerful jamming systems to disrupt Elon Musk¡¯s Starlink satellite internet system, Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots said.
Kyiv¡¯s development of ¡°midstrike¡± drones that can hit targets dozens of kilometers behind front lines accurately and cheaply, and are often flown via Starlink, has transformed the war in Ukraine. In a concerted midstrike campaign this year, Ukraine has attacked supply lines, fuel storage facilities, air-defense installations and command centers, disrupting ?Russian forces¡¯ logistics and causing fuel shortages in Russian-occupied Crimea.
But Russia is now developing many ways to try to counter the midrange strikes, four drone ?commanders and ?pilots told a Reuters crew that visited Ukraine¡¯s 422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment at work in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.
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