Russian agent may have guided Shahed attack on Ukraine's SBU building
Photo: SBU building hit in Kyiv (Roman Kot, RBC-Ukraine)
How the drone may have been guided
According to the expert, the enemy drone could have been controlled and guided online in real time.
To do this, a Russian agent would have had to activate a MESH radio repeater with Internet access near the site of the attack. The guidance system had the following features:
- Small size — the repeater is only about half the size of a school backpack;
- Short-term activation — the equipment was activated for a brief period during the attack;
- Operating range — the agent could have been located up to 5 kilometers from the building.
Serhii Beskrestnov also noted that there were no other Shahed drones in the airspace at the time, making the option of controlling the drone directly from Russian territory impossible.
Ukraine's response and the threat of new Russian attacks
Earlier, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister described Russia's attack on the building of Ukraine's Security Service as a serious escalation of the war and evidence of Moscow's rejection of diplomacy.
In response to the strike, the SBU said that retaliation was inevitable. The security service stressed that Ukraine's response would be painful for the enemy.
Meanwhile, according to RBC-Ukraine's sources, Russia is preparing four massive attacks in September. Russian forces are planning a series of combined missile and drone strikes targeting energy facilities and warehouses in western Ukraine.
