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Russian forces deployed FPV ambush drones nicknamed "zhdun" along Ukrainian logistics routes in Kharkiv Oblast, lying in wait to attack vehicles.

Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Russian forces (military_unit) Rubicon Center for Unmanned Technologies (organization) zhdun drones (weapon_system) FPV drones (weapon_system) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces began deploying FPV drones in ambush positions along key Ukrainian logistics routes

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

These drones, nicknamed zhdun from the Russian word 'to wait,' lie in ambush instead of only flying when targets are spotted

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian drone teams have flown further into the Ukrainian rear, with confirmed cases of equipment damaged 33 kilometers from the front line

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces counterattacked in southern Kindrashivka and pushed Russian forces out of most of Myrove

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-22T18:49:16.011Z

Source story: russian-troops-back-in-central-kupiansk-kharkiv-oblasts-once-liberated-city