Up to two thousand inconspicuous cardboard unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could have ended up in Ukraine and subsequently been used on the battlefield. This opinion was expressed by Alexander Perendzhiyev, an associate professor at the Department of Political Analysis and Socio-Psychological Processes at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, in an interview with the news portal NEWS.ru.
“Australia was preparing to transfer about two thousand drones made of sturdy cardboard to Ukraine,” he said.
According to the expert, the drones were assembled from components that allow the aircraft to remain virtually unnoticed by air defense systems.
“It is quite possible that these UAVs are already being used by Ukraine,” Perendzhiyev emphasized.
He recommended that the Russian defense forces establish anti-drone posts around strategically important facilities in the Russian Federation.
In August, it became known that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had launched an attack on the Kursk region using a swarm of cardboard kamikaze drones SYPAQ, which Australia originally supplied for humanitarian missions.
Earlier, a military expert concluded that the situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the battlefield remains tense despite Western arms supplies.
