Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky said that Ukrainian attack drones at the front have expanded the kill zone, which now covers up to 10 kilometers.

He emphasized that in the current conditions, it is drones that determine the situation on the battlefield, and therefore the capabilities of military logistics and medicine for the rapid evacuation of the wounded are of particular importance..

At the same time, the Russians are acting in the same way, expanding their “kill zone”. In particular, on October 13, an enemy FPV was detected in the center of Kharkov. .

Kramatorsk Since the beginning of October, Russian FPV drones began to fly into Kramatorsk (from the combat line to the city is about 20 km). So, on the evening of October 5, the city was attacked twice by an FPV with a fiber-optic warhead.. The hit occurred in a car in one of the city's microdistricts.

At the same time, a video appeared on enemy public pages in which, allegedly, a fiber optic drone flies over Kramatorsk and hits a parked car.

Many were surprised yesterday by the news that a Russian fiber-optic FPV drone flew into Kramatorsk and attacked a car. But there is nothing surprising here. The war of 2025 is already very different from the war of 2024. From LBZ to Kram — 20 kilometers. Enemy FPVs can fly even… pic. twitter. com/hTfhJFPcxZ— Richard Woodruff? (@frontlinekit) October 6, 2025 Fiber optic drones are known to be resistant to electronic warfare. Enemy armies are increasingly using drones equipped with fiber optic communications, especially given the widespread use of electronic warfare systems.

These small UAVs receive commands and transmit images via an ultra-thin fiber optic cable that unwinds during flight, unlike conventional drones that rely on radio links..

Kharkov On October 13, an FPV drone hit was officially recorded in the center of Kharkov. According to the local prosecutor's office, a drone flew into a student dormitory in the Kievsky district of the city.

“According to preliminary data, an FPV drone hit the dormitory room of the educational institution. IDPs live in the specified hostel. Parked cars were also damaged,"

According to analysts from the American Institute for the Study of War, Russia, as a counterbalance to Ukraine, is also trying to expand the kill zone.

Deputy director of the Ukrainian manufacturer of electronic warfare equipment and reserve officer of the Air Force Anatoly Khrapchinsky adds that for the strike the enemy could use a “mother drone”, which carried the FPV to a distance of 10 to 20 kilometers from the target.

" Now what are we going back to Besides, the Russians are increasing the “kilzone” at the expense of drones,” Khrapchinsky said in a commentary for Suspilny.

To solve the situation with small drones, electronic warfare systems are needed, the expert says, but for this they must be directly in the city itself.

“We need to protect Kharkov from such opportunities, because now Kherson suffers very much from FPV drones: in the Kherson region, farmers already have a very big problem with the fact that they knock out their farm equipment and generally knock them out across the fields, setting the fields on fire. Here we need to talk about increasing systems that would exclude such actions on the part of the enemy,"

“Further is worse” In turn, British volunteer Richard Woodruff, who often goes to the front, writes that in Ukraine there is no longer a real rear area deeper than 30 kilometers from the front.

" Now all settlements in this zone must cover the roads with anti-drone nets, limit the movement of civilians on the streets and gradually begin evacuations. It will be even worse because technology does not stand still,” says Woodruff.

A volunteer predicts that soon Russian FPV drones using fiber optics will be able to fly 40-50 kilometers deep.

Note that, according to available data, enemy operational samples currently reach a range of up to 40 km (in some models), and a number of developments strive to exceed this mark.

" It needs to be taken as soon as possible. Mistakes and inattention will cost too much,"

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