Ukraine Fast-Tracks Anti-Drone Nets Over Frontline Roads
Ukraine will speed up the placement of anti-drone nets over frontline roads, aiming to cover 4,000 km by year-end after allocating 1.6 billion hryvnias ($37m); the nets are designed to snag drone propellers and improve the safety of military movements as Russia expands drone strikes on supply routes. Deployment has risen from 5 km/day in January to 12 km/day in February, with a target of 20 km/day in March. Simultaneously, Kyiv prepares for Geneva talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war, prisoner exchanges, and postwar recovery, amid broader energy and sanctions developments, including Druzhba pipeline issues and a new UK-based drone production plant.