On the night of August 27, the military counterintelligence of the SBU attacked the Kursk airfield with cardboard drones, Ukrainian Pravda writes with reference to several employees of the service led by General Kyryl Budanov.

Ukrainian journalists turned to their sources in the SBU for comments after a video of tests of such drones appeared on social networks on Thursday, the great advantage of which is that they are invisible to radar systems.

“Ukrainian Pravda” notes that sources in the Main Directorate of Intelligence, headed by General Budanov, confirmed the authenticity of the footage, stating that the drones are large enough to carry an explosive charge that can damage even a large plane.

One of the sources reports that on August 27, military counterintelligence officers attacked the airfield in Kursk, hitting several Russian planes and the S-300 air defense missile system.

Business Insider noted a day ago that these “inexpensive” drones, officially called “Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System” (PPDS), are giving Ukrainian forces an unexpected advantage on the battlefield.

Ukrainians started receiving them in March, when the Australian government promised to transfer at least 100 units to Kyiv every month. They were included in the new $20 million aid package for Ukraine approved by the Australian government.

What is known about the “cardboard drones” that the Ukrainians received

Australian drone manufacturer SYPAX says that using them is no more difficult than assembling an IKEA product, and depending on the load, they can fly at speeds of around 60 kilometers per hour.

Although the range is not impressive, small drones have a maximum range of up to 120 kilometers.

The fact that they are “invisible” due to the material they are made of caught the attention of the Australian media earlier this week after Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia said they were used to attack an airfield in Russia.

He stated this after a well-known Russian military blogger stated this in his Telegram channel. Other details of the attack are unknown, but it is noted that the airfield in Kursk is in the range of PPDS drones.

Michael Partridge, director of SYPAX, told tech website The Register that the drone was designed for munitions or medicine delivery missions, but could also be adapted for reconnaissance missions by “simply cutting a hole” in cardboard to mount the camera.

In March, SYPAQ announced that it had received a $700,000 contract from the Australian government to produce such drones for Ukraine.

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