Tymofieiev is thought to be behind ‘Operation Spider’s Web’, which debilitated Russia’s air bases.

It comes days after Ukraine’s ‘Operation Spiderweb ambush’.

If darker forces come to our doorstep, the progressive response is not to leave the burden to someone else.

‘Putin cannot be seen to look weak’.

The UK must be ‘prepared’ for a real-world attack by Russia, the government said today.

It has been described as the ‘the worst day in the history of the Russian air force’.

Screams could be heard from inside one of the trains.

David Petraeus sounded the alarm that Russia is preparing to invade a Nato nation next (Picture: AP/ Getty)

An ex-CIA chief has delivered a chilling forecast on Vladimir Putin’s next invasion target if his war in Ukraine drags on.

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A new kind of weapon is flying under radars – literally – on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Electronic warfare, specifically jamming, is a crucial tactic used by Russian and Ukrainian forces in killing off kamikaze drones, responsible for deadly strikes.

Forces on both sides have figured out a way to make their drones immune to jamming – a thin strand of fibre optic connecting the aircraft to its pilot.

Deploying fibre optic drones has its advantages – it protects from jamming, allowing them to carry explosives to enemy lines. It is also inexpensive in comparison with other weapons.

Yet, that same strength could also be a major liability.

Ivan Stupak, a military expert and ex- officer in Ukraine’s security services, told Metro that the very same cable making the drone immune to jamming can also be traced to the launch site.

It is a double-edged sword, but Ukrainian forces are coming up with ways to swerve such disasters.

Stupak said: ‘The massive side effect in launching fibre optic drones from one current position toward your enemy – so from point A to point B – is that it leaves a trace. The cable itself.

‘Let’s say, you have launched fibre optic drones several times today.

‘The number of cables become significant, and sooner or later your enemy will discover your position.

‘Many Russian and Ukrainian positions have been eliminated like this in the past.’

Stupak explained there are several rules Ukrainian forces adhere to – never launch from command centres and always launch from multiple positions.

He said about this ‘method of secrecy’: ‘It is more useful to switch your position, not to use constantly one launching site to deploy your drones.

‘You have to move constantly from one point to another in the field.’

Soldiers on armoured vehicles also follow the drones, which have a range of up to 12 miles, to cut the cables.

Stupak stressed that fibre optic drones are ‘not a final solution,’ adding that the operation is ‘very complicated’ and it changes all the time.

Russian electronic warfare, locally referred to as ‘Black Magic’, uses a wide range of equipment to block GPS and GSM signals.

They are actively used to disable drones, to set false targets on the radars of air defence systems, to change the flight path of missiles.

Stupak revealed that Ukraine is working on technology to detect Russian fibre optic drones, but so far they remain immune to electronic warfare.

In the meantime, Ukrainian forces are using nets – similar to those used for fishing – to catch fibre optic drones.

The expert said: ‘To prevent equipment being destroyed by the drones, the army establishes special corridors built with a net.

‘The idea is that every drone would get entangled in this net, and it will not hurt you or your transport.’

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Inspired by Ukraine, Britain is turning to AI to fight Russian attacks (Picture: AFP)

Britain will flush more than £1 billion on artificial intelligence and a cyber team in response to major Russian attacks authorised by Vladimir Putin.

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The military intelligenc…

Hackers have been infiltrating Western logistics since the start of 2022 (Picture: NurPhoto)

Britain and its allies has exposed a major Russian state-sponsored cyber campaign going as far as the beginning of 2022.

The military intelligenc…

He was gunned down outside of his children’s school.

He was gunned down outside of his children’s school.

Vladimir Putin has made a rare visit to the front lines amid a deadly drone attack on a Ukrainian military training camp.

Devastating missile and drone strikes in the Sumy region of Ukraine have killed at least six Ukrainian soldiers carrying out training exercises, with ‘more than 10 wounded’.

Despite stop-start ceasefire talks brokered by the US, Putin has unleashed several attacks on both civilian and military targets, killing nine people in a strike on a bus and targeting several residential buildings and warehouses.

Ukraine also struck Russia overnight in the most intense strikes since the most recent call between Putin and US President Donald Trump, hitting a semiconductor factory and an ammunition warehouse.

There are concerns that the decision to hold military training exercises less than 30miles from the Russian border may have enabled the pinpoint strike.

Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko blamed ‘those who decided to conduct military training practically on the front line’ for the strike, adding: ‘People are no longer valued at all.

‘From orders to remain surrounded by training grounds next to the enemy.

‘This is not the first or second time something like this has happened.

‘So far, no one has been held accountable. This is bull****. There are no other words.’

The Russian Defence Ministry claims up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, including 20 instructors, an ammunition depot and equipment were ‘destroyed’ in the attack.

The Ukrainian National Guard said: ‘An official investigation into the tragedy is underway.

‘The commander of the unit has been suspended, and the necessary information has been passed to law enforcement agencies.’

Meanwhile across the border in Kursk region, Putin paid a visit close to the war zone to speak to locals and regional officials.

He also visited the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant-2, which is currently under construction, in the secret visit which wasn’t disclosed until he had already left.

Putin drank tea with locals and said: ‘It’s been a while that I wanted to visit [Kursk region], to talk about your work, to thank you for it, to learn how it’s organised in more detail, and ask questions natural in such circumstances: what needs to be done additionally to help and support you?’

Trump has not ruled out new sanctions against Russia, but is yet to impose them after Putin refused to agree to an immediate ceasefire.

‘It will be my decision, no one else’s, we’ll see what Russia does, how it behaves,’ he said.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio said: ‘The main problem is that Russia wants something it doesn’t have now and has no right to, and Ukraine wants something it can’t get back by military means. That’s the crux of the problem.’

And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Britain for imposing new sanctions on Russia, saying ‘only coercion will work’ and adding: ‘Today there is a British sanction decision, there is also an EU decision, and it would be good if the United States also helped.

‘European partners are already preparing the next steps in this extremely important pressure on Russia to end the war.’

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