Russians Alarmed By Ukraine’s Fence Post Drone Bomb
Key takeaways
- Aerospace & Defense Russians Alarmed By Ukraine’s Fence Post Drone Bomb By David Hambling,
- FPVs and drone bombing have driven Russian forces underground into bunkers and forced them to cover roads and facilities with nets, wire cages and steel mesh.
- Ukraine operates a fleet of heavy bomber multicopters of various types, notably the Vampire, but also Kazhan (“Bat”), Heavy Shot and Nemesis.
Aerospace & Defense Russians Alarmed By Ukraine’s Fence Post Drone Bomb By David Hambling,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a South London-based technology journalist, consultant and author Follow Author Jun 12, 2026, 06:28am EDTThe new Ukrainianbomb is a crude but effective bunker buster Russian Telegram Russian social media has been circulating images of a Ukrainian drone bomb which is square with a metal point like the ground spike for a fence post. This is a penetrating weapon, as a sticker on the bomb proclaims, and it has Russian military bloggers worried. Now nowhere is safe.
FPVs and drone bombing have driven Russian forces underground into bunkers and forced them to cover roads and facilities with nets, wire cages and steel mesh. A few weeks ago Russian reports started circulating of a new drone bomb punching through such defenses. The new images suggest that this weapon is now being produced at scale, and a Ukrainian video shows it in action.