Ukrainian company says it's invented a drone resistant to Russian jamming technology, which has been messing up Ukraine's drone warfare

• A Ukrainian company said it made jamming-resistant drones and handed the first 15 to the military.
• Drones have made up a key part of Ukraine's fightback against Russia.
• But Russian jamming has made many inoperable and forced operators to get closer to the front lines.

A Ukrainian company said it has developed drones that are resistant to Russian jamming technology and has delivered the first batch to Ukraine's military.

IT company Cosmolot said it has delivered the first of 15 "Punisher" attack drones to the Ukrainian military, adding that the drones can work in "conditions of jamming of GPS and telemetry signals" and are resistant to electronic warfare.

As such, it said the drones can "destroy enemy ammo depots, command posts, and equipment bases far from the front line."

These latest drones are upgraded versions of the existing Punisher drone, the company said, which has been used to complete scores of successful missions against Russian forces.

Maksym Subotin, a representative of the Punisher development team, called them electronic warfare resistant, and said 50 of them are being made, The New Voice of Ukraine reported.

Yarema, a Ukrainian soldier helping with the Punisher drone effort, told The New Voice of Ukraine that "the most important thing is that the innovative system is resistant to electronic warfare."

He added that electronic warfare developments don't allow them to operate like they did a year ago. "Now, thanks to Punisher, we have an advantage over the enemy," he said.

Ukraine has been reliant on drones in many parts of its pushback against Russia's forces, including through targeting Russian soldiers, armored vehicles, aircraft and weapons systems, and ammunition stores.

But Russia has been able to deal a blow to these efforts with its jamming technology, which is said to be getting better and better.

UK think tank the Royal United Services Institute said in May that Ukraine could be losing 10,000 drones a month, mostly due to jamming.

One Ukrainian drone operator told the BBC that this has meant they have to move closer to the front lines, putting lives in danger.

Ukraine's soldiers often rely on civilian-grade drones that can be purchased over the counter, rather than more advanced military drones. These are often delivered by volunteers and paid for through crowdfunding.

A drone strike commander working in the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine told Insider in August that he and his men work with civilian-grade drones that have weaknesses in their security, weight, and range, while their Russian counterparts have more powerful, military-grade drones.

Ukraine's fightback against Russia's full-scale invasion, which started in February 2022, has been aided by weapons and ammunition given to it by its Western allies. But Ukraine says it needs more to win, and a lot of the promised Western help has been delayed or in some cases hasn't arrived.

Ukrainians have been making their own weapons and equipment to try to fill that gap, including jam-resistant radio handsets and robots that can carry supplies and evacuate wounded troops.

Ukraine also said it is making its own missiles that could hit targets 930 miles away, and that they're almost ready, amid frustration that it's not getting more long-range missiles from its allies.