"Russia's Hapless Command Makes The Dnieper Delta A Trap For The Occupiers"
- 4.02.2026, 14:25
Ukrainian partisans revealed the details.
Russian troops are suffering losses due to the chaotic use of crewless boats and remote mining of river routes. This was reported by the "Atesh" movement in Telegram on February 4, citing its agents in Russia's Dnepr group.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on January 13 that servicemen use the Sirius-82 uncrewed boats to perform combat missions "safely and effectively".
A corresponding video of the boats' combat operation was published on Telegram.
According to the guerrillas, these crewless boats, which are used for remote placement of anchor mines and attacks on Ukrainian watercraft, are increasingly becoming the cause of losses for the occupants themselves.
"In practice, the Rashists regularly enter areas already mined by their own weapons and suffer losses from their own weapons.... Remote mining is carried out without proper coordination, up-to-date maps of minefields and systematic accounting of exposed obstacles," the movement said.
Atesh agents have recorded several incidents of explosions in units involved in riverine operations since the beginning of 2026. Attempts to compensate for failures on the water with "technological solutions" only underscore the turmoil in the command, the guerrillas note.
"The Dnieper Delta is gradually turning into a death trap for the occupants, where the main threat is posed not only by Ukraine's defense forces, but also by their own inept command," the movement adds.