The Ukrainian Baba Yaga drone was discovered by the FSB in a Moscow office in the west of the Russian capital on April 15, the Baza and TASS telegram channel reported citing an emergency services source.
A Ukrainian Baba Yaga drone was found in an office in western Moscow; An investigation is underway and the owner of the drone is being questioned, according to the report.
According to initial information, the UAV belongs to the 30-year-old director of a company engaged in the sale of telecommunications equipment, Lenta.ru reports.
According to the Baza Telegram channel, the Baba Yaga drone was sent to its owner from the territory of the special operation, Vedomosti writes.
The Russian military called one of the converted models of Ukrainian agricultural drones “Baba Yaga.”
According to the director of the company, he wanted to study the technical characteristics to create a similar UAV. However, after a search, the police took away the device immediately after receiving it. He stressed that he is especially interested in how communication is organized. It is the presence of a Starlink antenna with a module that can distort the satellite’s geolocation data. Company The company’s goal was to create a drone with similar functions.
To develop a prototype, it was necessary to study “Babu Yaga” in detail, so the director turned to his former colleagues located in the Northern Military District with a request to send a drone. One of them sent an unarmed drone. The receipt of the package through the logistics company was immediately interrupted by a visit from security forces, who confiscated the Yaga seconds after delivery.
The soldiers nicknamed the drone for “its claws.” The Baba Yaga drones were originally intended for agricultural work, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces adapted them for use in battles. These hexocopters can carry heavy payloads, have advanced navigation, and navigate autonomously.
These drones have multiple radio channels that are protected from interference and can follow a chosen route without operator control. Used in agriculture to fumigate fields, they are capable of carrying a load of up to 40-50 kg, but their propellers are noisy and can be easily detected when flying at low altitude. The Baba Yaga drone has a hexacopter design and has a thermal imaging camera. The drone can operate in the dark.
Its technical characteristics: speed – up to 40 kilometers per hour with a full charge, 80 kilometers per hour – without load; flight altitude: 400 meters; -flight range: ten kilometers; communication range: six kilometers; -Flight time: 37 minutes without load and 23 minutes with ten kg of weight.
Commanders and fighters of the BARS-14 volunteer battalion reported that Baba Yaga can launch up to four mines. Colonel “Sokol” stated that the Russian Armed Forces detect this type of drones at a distance of up to six kilometers using thermal imaging cameras. After which the UAV is blinded by the searchlights and fire is opened on it. At the same time, drones cannot be stopped by electronic warfare, so Baba Yaga must be shot down manually. “Baba Yaga is controlled through the Starlink satellite network,” Sokol noted. And this means, the colonel stated, that there is no ground control center that can be destroyed.
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Source: Rossa Primavera
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