Ukraine protects over 1,170 km of logistics routes from FPV drone attacks
Photo: Ukraine has protected over 1,170 km of logistics routes (Getty Images)
The State Special Transport Service has doubled the pace of constructing anti-drone protection for roads in frontline regions. In total, more than 1,170 km of logistics routes have already been protected, according to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
As part of the project, the State Special Transport Service, under the direction of the Ministry of Defence, is scaling up anti-drone protection in frontline regions. This ensures a stable supply of resources and evacuation of the wounded even under the attacks.
The pace of work has more than doubled — from 4 to 8.5 km per day compared to 2025. Only from February to April, 430 km of protection was installed, and 106 km of roads were repaired.
Separately, road infrastructure restoration is ongoing in five frontline regions. In total, more than 60 km of roads have already been restored, with works completed on sections in the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions.
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According to Fedorov, in modern warfare, logistics directly affects the resilience of the frontline, and protected routes mean saved lives.
Russia continuously uses FPV drones to attack civilian transport and critical logistics near the frontline.
In February 2026, Fedorov announced the allocation of an additional 1.6 billion UAH for anti-drone nets and a plan to protect another 4,000 km of roads by the end of the year.
As of early April, 371 km of anti-drone structures had already been installed since the beginning of 2026 across seven regions: Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.
