Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister and a specialist in radio technologies, said that despite positive news from the front, Ukraine still faces a number of serious technological problems in the war against Russia.
He wrote this in a post.
According to Beskrestnov, one of the key problems remains the absence of a serially produced, mass-scale solution against guided aerial bombs. He stressed that these bombs are causing major difficulties for Ukrainian forces on the front line.
Another challenge, he said, is Russia’s growing use of MESH modems for reconnaissance and real-time strikes by Shahed and Gerbera drones. In his view, Ukraine is moving unacceptably slowly in developing electronic warfare tools against such systems.
Beskrestnov also pointed to the scale of drone attacks on frontline areas. He said they affect not only villages but also major cities such as Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy. Ukraine needs alert systems and systematic measures to counter drones, he said.
Among other problems, he named the need for more tactical radar systems. Without a denser and more accurate radar field, he noted, interceptors cannot work effectively.
The specialist also said Ukraine still does not have its own ballistic missiles, which, in his opinion, could radically change the course of the war.
Another important area is mass-produced electronic warfare solutions against drone video channels. Beskrestnov believes Russia is ahead of Ukraine both in development and in combat experience with such systems. These tools, he said, could help better protect frontline areas from drone attacks.
He also pointed to the lack of proven solutions to protect medium-range strike drones and bomber drones from Russian anti-aircraft drones. If such solutions are not created, he warned, operating these systems may soon become much more difficult.
Beskrestnov also emphasized the need for a systematic technological approach to detecting and destroying Russian tactical radars, which he described as the enemy’s “frontline eyes in the sky.”
Separately, he highlighted the need for developments in alternative navigation for long-range strike systems.
“This is what I can say publicly,” Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov concluded.
