this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
124 points (98.4% liked)

Ukraine

9259 readers
727 users here now

News and discussion related to Ukraine

Matrix Space

Community Rules

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Sympathy for enemy combatants is prohibited.

🌻🀒No content depicting extreme violence or gore.

πŸ’₯Posts containing combat footage should include [Combat] in title

🚷Combat videos containing any footage of a visible human involved must be flagged NSFW

❗ Server Rules

  1. Remember the human! (no harassment, threats, etc.)
  2. No racism or other discrimination
  3. No Nazis, QAnon or similar
  4. No porn
  5. No ads or spam (includes charities)
  6. No content against Finnish law

πŸ’³ Defense Aid πŸ’₯

πŸ’³ Humanitarian Aid βš•οΈβ›‘οΈ

πŸͺ– Volunteer with the International Legionnaires

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
lisko@sopuli.xyz
doo@sh.itjust.works
Burstar@sopuli.xyz
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz
124
Ukrainian forces have started installing anti-drone nets over roads in the Sumy region. (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Mirror

In the Sumy region, our units have started installing road nets against fiber-optic drones.

The bastards are complaining that we stole their idea, but this game can be played by both sides :)

https://t.me/dumky_frontovyka/1619

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Phytobus@lemm.ee 8 points 23 hours ago

Are these effective?

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i wonder how artillery shells impact the net

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Bounces right off. I also have some ICBM netting if you are interested.

[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Nothing-But-Net INC.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

They should have just installed giant trampolines so that the missiles would get bounced back to their origin.

Source: bugs Bunny cartoons

[–] SineIraEtStudio@midwest.social 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

ReportingFromUkraine had a video a few days ago that mentioned Russians putting up netting like this near Pokrovsk (possibly different city/area). The Ukrainians used artillery to destroy a portion of the net and then sent in the drones through the gap.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

(That’s what I was thinking would be the solution, thanks for confirming my hunch)

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

But yes, Russians have been attempting to use road nets for at least 3-6 months or so that I am aware of. It made the news recently because Ukraine started using them.

Once any kind of hole is in the net, it's basically game over until it's repaired. Drones, as you would expect, can navigate some really small spaces. This would be a bit more problematic for drones that are controlled with fine fiber optic lines.