By Victor Duda
As noted in the publication, in May, an expert warned that the Russian Armed Forces test about 20-50 V2U drones per day to train their AI. It was also reported that the Russians seek to increase the range of their smart drones from 20-50 km to 70-100 km. According to Flash, the enemy is launching batches of seven or eight V2U drones for experiments. These UAVs are able to visually control each other without the need for direct radio communication.
"If one disappears, the others start performing anti-aircraft maneuvers, because the algorithm understands that one of the "herd" has been shot down," said the Ukrainian specialist in radio technologies. V2U was first spotted in Sumy Oblast in February 2025. It can work completely autonomously or be controlled in first-person mode via LTE using the Microdrive Tandem-4GS-OEM-11 modem in combination with a Ukrainian SIM card.
The V2U UAV is equipped with a 14-megapixel camera, a laser rangefinder for navigation, and uses a digital terrain map. If GPS/GLONASS signals are silenced, the system can switch to machine vision navigation. This drone is launched from a pneumatic catapult. Newer versions are equipped with internal combustion engines, which increase the range to 100 km. The device also supports several types of payload, including a KOFZBCh multifunctional warhead weighing 3 kg or a cumulative warhead weighing 2.
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