Anna Hartz
This Is the Message The Ukrainians Wrote on the Drone
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War continues to evolve, and technology is playing a bigger role than ever. Drones are no longer just tools for surveillance.
They have become powerful weapons used to strike deep into enemy territory.
Ukraine’s military has increasingly relied on this strategy, especially as it tries to respond to deadly attacks on its cities.
One such attack, which recently caught the world’s attention, involved a drone strike far inside Russia.
Images posted on social media appear to show a Ukrainian drone attack on the headquarters of Russia’s 112th Brigade, reports Digi24.
According to Kyiv, this brigade was directly responsible for the missile strike on Sumy, which happened on Palm Sunday. That attack killed 35 people and injured 119 others.
The drone strike was geolocated by independent sources. It appears to have hit near the city of Shuya in Russia’s Ivanovo region.
That location is more than 800 kilometers from the front line in Ukraine.
The distance suggests Ukraine has developed long-range drone capabilities and is willing to use them against specific military targets.
Photos also showed messages written on the drones by Ukrainians. One message read,
To the wretched people from the 112th Brigade – This is for Sumy.
It’s a sign that this was meant to be a targeted retaliation for the deadly missile strike.
So far, neither the Ukrainian nor the Russian Defense Ministry has officially commented on these images.
But Ukraine’s General Staff did confirm another attack. This one was a combined operation involving drones and special forces against a different Russian missile unit in the Kursk region.
Sources supportive of Ukraine said at least 10 kamikaze drones were used in that strike.
The target was a missile brigade equipped with Iskander ballistic missiles. These are the same type of weapons used in the attack on Sumy.
While official confirmation is still missing in parts, the message seems clear.
Ukraine is using drones to take the fight beyond the front line and directly to the units responsible for some of the war’s most devastating attacks.