The enemy has started painting its vehicles in zebra stripes
Russian occupation forces are attempting to find new ways to protect military equipment and supply routes from attacks by Ukrainian drones equipped with advanced artificial intelligence algorithms.
This is reported by the military analysis publication Defense Express.
Due to the active use of drones with machine vision by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the invaders have begun applying outdated zebra-striped camouflage to their ground vehicles.
The first photos of a Russian "Kamaz" military truck in an unusual striped pattern, visually resembling zebra skin, have appeared online.
Analysts note that this type of camouflage was actively used during World War I to protect large warships from optical rangefinders.
The chaotic geometric shapes were intended to completely “disrupt” the object’s familiar silhouette and prevent the enemy from accurately calculating the course, speed, and exact range to the target.
However, military experts emphasize the utter futility of the Russian occupiers’ attempts to deceive the modern automatic target acquisition systems of Ukrainian UAVs.
Modern machine vision algorithms analyze not stereo images, but geometric shapes, the object’s movement, and its thermal signatures.
Moreover, if a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone uses a thermal imaging camera, any paint on the fuselage becomes completely invisible, as the silhouette of the hot engine and wheels stands out clearly against the terrain.
Russian drones attacked a residential area in Sumy
On the night of May 30, Russian troops launched a massive drone strike on the Shostka community in Sumy Oblast, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure.
Over the course of the day, Russian troops carried out 911 strikes on 40 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The occupiers used aircraft, artillery, and hundreds of drones, damaging residential buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure.
