Ukraine is accelerating the installation of anti-drone nets in frontline aeras, aiming to cover 4,000km of road by the end of 2026, the defence minister said.
“We are reinforcing protection in frontline areas and accelerating the installation of anti-drone nets. Priority is being given to roads that sustain logistics and support communities near the line of contact,” said Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Mykhailo Fedorov. The minister explained that near the front line, Russia employs drones as instruments of terror against civilian vehicles, emergency responders, and repair teams.
“As early as March, we plan to protect 20 km of roads per day. By year’s end, an additional 4,000 km of roads are planned to be equipped with anti-drone protection,” Mykhailo Fedorov said. In his words, $37m had been allocated from the state budget to scale up protection measures against Russian drones.
At the same time, construction of defensive fortifications has been sped up in the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions to strengthen protective capabilities and repel hostile advances.
Ukraine has increasingly turned to anti-drone nets as a practical, low-cost way to protect both military and civilian infrastructure from aerial threats. As drone warfare has intensified, particularly with the widespread use of loitering munitions and small reconnaissance UAVs, physical barriers have re-emerged as an effective countermeasure alongside electronic warfare systems.
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