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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emma Burrows,Hanna Arhirova and Lori Hinnant

Investigation reveals a Russian factory's plan to mix decoys with a new deadly weapon in Ukraine

Russia Ukraine War Drone Factory - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A high-tech factory in central Russia has created a new, deadly force to attack Ukraine: a small number of highly destructive thermobaric drones surrounded by huge swarms of cheap foam decoys.

The plan, which Russia dubbed Operation False Target, is intended to force Ukraine to expend scarce resources to save lives and preserve critical infrastructure, including by using expensive air defense munitions, according to a person familiar with Russia’s production and a Ukrainian electronics expert who hunts them from his specially outfitted van.

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