Exclusive: How Russian mesh networks guide precision drone strikes on Kyiv — NV infographic

Russian forces are reportedly using decentralized mesh networks of terrestrial repeaters, spanning Belarus, occupied Transnistria, and occupied Ukrainian territory, to maintain precision guidance on strike drones hitting Kyiv, according to an analytical infographic published by NV. Individual drones relay telemetry between each other so that if one link is jammed, data reroutes through another node, extending control ranges to roughly 150 to 175 kilometers.

Serhii Beskrestnov, a presidential adviser on technological defense known by the call sign Flash, has warned that covert repeaters may be hidden inside Kyiv itself to allow real-time course corrections on fast jet-powered Shaheds. He said that without this terminal guidance, precision hits on targets like bridge pylons would be nearly impossible.

The report cites two documented strikes, on the SBU headquarters in September and on the Incom Business Center later that month, as likely examples of mesh-guided targeting, the latter involving a companion drone that filmed the strike while relaying signal.

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