Downed Russian suicide drone on display at an outdoor sports store in Kyiv, IIRC a Molniya-2 model.
Notable how cheaply made they are. Just balsa wood, vacuum molded plastic, tape, and hobby-grade servos and other electronics. Still, these kill people.
I've yet to see any Ukrainian made drones in person. But Wild Hornets is one of many entities mass producing them. Photos here: https://linktr.ee/wildhornets
As well as a on-chain Bitcoin donation address.
Wow
I found this recent article really illuminating... They actually run miles-long fiber-optic cables behind these things to prevent jamming and get the "latency edge."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-drones-deaths.html
Yup. Fiber drones are a relatively new thing. But Russia and Ukraine are both using them extensively already.
Frontline areas are getting covered in fiber... Gonna be a huge mess to clean up when Russia is finally defeated.
