A Russian occupier from the Rubicon unit holds a UAV (Illustrative photo: resource of the invaders)

The Kursk military grouping claims that the unidentified drones spotted over Sumy are Ukrainian interceptor UAVs, not Russian FPVs. The post war published by the center of communications of this grouping.

"We are officially addressing the local community, local media and local authorities: it is physically impossible for enemy FPV drones to fly in the city's skies. What people saw with their own eyes or in the media were Ukrainian interceptor drones. They are used to defend against enemy attack UAVs such as Shahed, Geranium, Molniya, Italmash, reconnaissance wings and other deadly Russian abominations," the military said.

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Earlier, on January 15, a Ukrainian specialist and consultant in the field of military radio technologies Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov published a video: according to the expert, his colleague intercepted a "picture" from a Russian FPV drone flying over Sumy.

According to Flash, this drone belongs to Rubicon, an elite unit of Russian drone operators.

Already on January 18, the head of the military administration of Sumy, Serhiy Kryvosheyenko confirmed that five windows were damaged in the Kovpakivsky district of the city due to the fall of an FPV drone near a house, but there were no casualties.

Before that, the official's Telegram channel had four messages (one at the end of December and three in January) about Russian FPV strikes on the territory of the Stetskivskyi starostat, located north of Sumy and part of the city community.

The distance from the regional center to the front line is about 18 kilometers in a straight line:

Map: Deepstate
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FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with the First Person View (FPV) function. FPV mode is a function of transmitting video in real time using a camera installed in the front of the UAV. Such drones are used as kamikazes to hit targets. They are used by both Ukrainian defenders and Russian occupiers.
  • On January 26, the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration reported that the occupiers continued to use remote mining tactics by shedding small light bags.