Flash discussed a new feature of the Shahid jet's flight paths during attacks on Kyiv

Russian “Shahed” drones are heading toward Kyiv along a single route—along the border with Belarus. According to Serhiy Beskrestnov, a freelance advisor to the President of Ukraine on the development of defense technologies, who goes by the call sign “Flash,” the enemy is likely using the network of Belarusian mobile operators to guide them.

According to the Ukrainian expert’s observations, hundreds of jet-powered UAVs are avoiding the direct route to the capital and staying as close as possible to the border of the neighboring country for as long as possible. The main explanation for this anomaly is that the drones’ equipment is linked to Belarusian civilian communications infrastructure.

“I’ve concluded that the LTE modems on the ‘Shaheds’ operate with Belarusian mobile communication base stations along this flight path,” noted Serhiy “Flash.”

He added that the theory of direct control via Belarusian MESH nodes is unlikely, since “the communication nodes operate much farther away than the border.”

Flash wrote about this on his Facebook page.

As a reminder, on August 30, during another air raid alert in Kyiv’s Pechersk district, drone debris fell onto the grounds of a residential complex.

On the afternoon of August 30, Russian troops attacked Kyiv with strike drones. Explosions were heard in the capital, and air defense forces engaged the enemy targets.

In Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district, a fire broke out in a non-residential building as a result of a Russian drone attack. Emergency services are on the scene, dealing with the aftermath of the strike.