Russia Straps FPV Attack Drones to Geran Wings for Deep Strikes Behind Ukrainian Front Lines

Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, the Ukrainian president's adviser on defense technology, said Russian forces have for over a year been strapping two FPV drones above the wings of conventional Geran, Molniya, and Gerbera drones and releasing them deep behind the front, controlled via ordinary LTE SIM cards rather than an onboard relay 123. He said Russian forces last used the tactic a week ago in Konotop, Sumy Oblast, and cited a jamming-resistance limit: the FPVs cannot be mounted on faster jet-powered Gerans because airflow would tear them off 12. Beskrestnov said effectiveness remains very low, with Russian forces employing the method roughly once every one to two weeks and often losing control links, so drops function mainly as a psychological tactic given the small warheads involved 24. On an FPV drone recorded down in Kyiv Oblast, he initially called a Geran-borne drop one working theory but said three days later he had found no evidence linking it to jet-powered Shaheds 35.