Overview

• On August 1, Ukrainian drones from the 4th National Guard Brigade performed a third remote airdrop to deliver a 20-kilogram e-bike to an encircled soldier near Siversk.
• Two initial drone attempts failed—one was shot down by Russian forces and another crashed due to motor overheating—before a Heavy-Shot UAV successfully dropped the bike.
• The delivered e-bike enabled the soldier known as “Tankist” to escape the besieged position despite later striking a mine.
• Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) secured a Russian CBTS.611000 drone composed entirely of Chinese components with nearly half supplied by CUAV Technology.
• The seized drone raises fresh questions about the enforcement of China’s arms export restrictions to Russia.