Kit-starved Russians bombing Ukraine’s front line with grenades carried underneath drones in paper coffee cups
KIT-starved Russians are bombing Ukraine’s front line with grenades carried underneath drones in paper coffee cups.
The jerry-rigged weapons were found when the devices were shot down in the outskirts of Marinka, less than half a mile from Russian lines.
Ukrainian forces’ snaps show two £1,700 Mavic 3 drones with the makeshift grenade carriers.
Manufacturers DJI banned sales to Ukraine and Russia in April over “concerns over military use”.
The Chinese-made drones have a range of 15km and a maximum flying time of 43 minutes.
One showed a grenade with its pin pulled out inside a paper cup.
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The cup was attached to the drone by a nylon cord with a cable tie stopping the grenade from arming accidentally.
One commander said: “We are not sure how they are supposed to work.
“But we know that this one failed.”
He added: “The advantage for us is these drones cannot fly very high and we can shoot them down.”
