Enlarge / Ukrainian FPV drone hunting Russian army assets along a road.
Imagine receiving a traffic ticket in the mail because you were speeding down a Russian road in Kursk with a Ukrainian attack drone on your tail. That’s the reality facing some Russians living near the front lines after Ukraine’s surprise seizure of Russian territory in Kursk Oblast. And they’re complaining about it on Telegram.
Rob Lee, a well-known analyst of the Ukraine/Russia war, comments on X that “traffic cameras are still operating in Kursk, and people are receiving speeding fines when trying to outrun FPVs [first-person-view attack drones]. Some have resorted to covering their license plates but the traffic police force them to remove them.”
The Russian outlet Mash offers more details from a local perspective:
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