# ‘Very difficult to defeat’: How Russia uses drone mesh networks to precision-strike Kyiv

https://mins.news/en/item/108978

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-21 06:43 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/very-difficult-to-defeat-how-russia-uses-mesh-networks-inside-drones-to-precision-strike-kyiv-2/

> Russia is equipping fixed-wing attack drones with mesh radios that relay control signals and live video over long distances. The article describes a strike on a Kyiv business center in which a mesh-equipped jet-powered Shahed relayed signals for a Geran-5, and says the networks support reconnaissance and remotely operated precision strikes.

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