Vladimir Putin’s ‘unjammable’ horror drone causing ‘huge problems’ for Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s troops have been unleashing a terrifying “unjammable drone” using fibre optic cables to cause a “huge problem” for Ukrainian forces, soldiers have warned.

Dozens of drones are still raining down on each day as Putin’s bloody war rages on, with

’s air defences have still been able to shoot down many of the more conventional drones unleashed by , such as the Iranian-made Shaheed weapons behind much of this week’s damage.

But another alarming weapon is being deployed by Russian forces to storm past Ukrainian defences, threatening to cause further havoc down below.

Russian soldiers have reportedly been tying fibre optic cables to drones’ undercarriages. The other cable end is attached to a pilot remotely controlling the device towards targets.

While this may sound like an old-school, low-budget tactic compared to some high-tech machinery used in modern warfare, it is reportedly proving difficult to counter.

Justin Crump, the chief executive of the strategic intelligence company Sibylline, told : “ developed fibre optic drones to counter the problems of effective electronic warfare.

“People think of a drone at the end of a tether pulling off a big spool of wire, but the cable is so lightweight that the drone carries it and lays it behind it, meaning it doesn’t get snagged or caught or provide resistance to travel.”

A Ukrainian drone pilot “There is only a small box where the fibre-optic cable from the drone itself is placed, and it’s very easy to miss this because it’s the size of a pack of cigarettes.

Another soldier told the outlet: “This is a very dangerous weapon.

“It’s like a brick with a propeller flying at you, and there is little you can do about it.“

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Agency of ‘s Defense Ministry, has previously said the weapons are causing “a huge problem for us”.

But is also causing damage with its own flurry of attacks.

On Friday, a suspected Ukrainian drone strike’ devastated a chemical plant in ’s home city of St Petersburg, leaving a “pillar of fire”.

Huge repeated explosions were heard at the facility in Gatchina – which makes acetone that can be used for military explosives and rocket fuel.

’s Rostov and Krasnodar regions.