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Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.

May 31, 2024, 54 tweets

Video of a Ukrainian FPV taking down a Russian ZALA 421-16 UAV. Sternenko says one of his FPVs took down an Orlan UAV as well but these cases are rare.

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Video of a Russian Orlan UAV brought down by a UAV by Ukrainian SBU Alpha’s M2 unit. 3/
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Another Ukrainian UAV targeting a Russian Zala 421-16E UAV. 4/
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Video of another Russian Zala 421-16 UAV brought down with an FPV. 6/
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Reportedly the first video of an FPV strike on a Russian Zala 421-16 UAV by Ukraine’s 1st Tank Brigade. 7/
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Video of an FPV strike on a Russian Orlan UAV by Madyar. 8/
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A Russian channel warns of the increased threat posed by Ukrainian FPVs to ISR UAVs at altitudes of 1,200-2,500 meters and recommends avoiding establishing patterns. 9/
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Another Russian Zala UAV targeted by a Ukrainian FPV. 12/
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Video of a Ukrainian FPV targeting a Russian Lancet loitering munition. 13/
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Another FPV strike on a Russian Zala UAV. 16/
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Videos posted by a Russian channel showing Ukrainian FPVs attempting to ram Russian ISR UAVs. Russian operators intercepted the video signal. 18/

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Video of a Ukrainian FPV ramming a Russian Supercam UAV. 22/
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Video from a Zala UAV of an attack by a Ukrainian FPV. 24/
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Ukrainian FPV strikes on Russian Zala and Supercam UAVs. 25/
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Video of FPVs from Ukraine’s 38th Marine Brigade targeting Russian Supercam, Orlan, and Zala UAVs. 26/
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Video of an FPV from Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade targeting a Russian Zala UAV. 28/
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Video of a Russian Orlan UAV targeted by a Ukrainian FPV. 29/
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Video from Ukraine’s 110th Mechanized Brigade showing FPV strikes on Russian Zala UAVs. 30/
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Video of an FPV from Ukraine's 501st Marine Battalion targeting a Russian Zala UAV. 31/
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It seems Russia is starting to camouflage their ISR UAVs against FPVs. 32/
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Video of a Ukrainian FPV targeting a Russian Orlan UAV (the footage was intercepted by the Russians), and a Ukrainian UAV attempting to down a Russian ISR UAV but narrowly missing. 35/

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Video from Ukraine's 117th Mechanized Brigade of an FPV targeting a Russian Supercam UAV. 39/
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Screenshots of Ukrainian FPVs, including with thermal cameras, targeting Russian Zala, Supercam, and Orlan UAVs and Lancet loitering munition. 41/






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Videos of Ukrainian FPV strikes on a Russian Lancet loitering munition, Supercam, and Zala UAV. 42/


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Video from Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade's Signum unit showing FPV strikes on 48 ISR UAVs and a Lancet loitering munition. 44/
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Photos of Ukrainian fixed-wing UAV interceptors designed to target Russian ISR UAVs. They have a reported range of 50-60km and fly at an altitude of 4km. 47/
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Ukrainian FPVs targeting Russian Merlin-VR UAVs. 48/

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Ukrainian FPV strikes on Russian Merlin-VR and Supercam UAVs. 49/
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More FPV strikes on Russian ISR UAVs. The first video occurred at an altitude of more than 3km. 50/

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More Ukrainian FPV strikes on Russian ISR UAVs, including a Merlin-VR and a Zala targeted by an FPV with a thermal camera. 52/





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Video of a Ukrainian FPV targeting a Russian Orlan-30 UAV. 53/
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