FSB Says It Foiled 2 AI Drone Attacks on Russian Airfields, Seizing 24 Drones
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Updated · Business Insider · Jul 14
FSB Says It Foiled 2 AI Drone Attacks on Russian Airfields, Seizing 24 Drones
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jul 14
Summary
Russia's FSB said it stopped two Ukrainian drone attacks targeting the Ukrainka airfield in Amur and Shagol in Chelyabinsk, both deep inside Russian territory.
The agency said fixed-wing drones and balloons first dropped FPV attack drones in Bryansk, which were then hidden in false-bottom trailers loaded with household appliances and assembled in garages near the bases.
FSB said it seized 24 FPV drones with Western-made neural control modules, two ground control stations and explosives; each drone allegedly carried 1 kilogram of explosives.
Russian officials described the plan as a swarm attack able to keep operating under jamming, echoing Ukraine's 2025 Operation Spiderweb, which used trucks to smuggle drones near Russian airfields and reportedly hit more than 40 warplanes.
Ukraine's GUR and defense ministry did not immediately comment, and the Russian account could not be independently verified.