Airspace over the Ukrainian front has grown so crowded with drones that Ukrainian troops can no longer reliably tell which side they belong to, BI reports.

According to the outlet, soldiers are cutting any fiber-optic cables connected to drones they come across, without trying to determine who is operating them. Scissors, tactical knives and even bare hands are used to sever the lines. Ukrainian servicemen acknowledge that in the middle of combat there is no time for careful identification: at the slightest suspicion, a drone is treated as hostile.

BI notes that this approach is no longer limited to a single sector. Along other stretches of the line of contact, the number of unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky has reached levels where distinguishing between friendly and enemy systems becomes nearly impossible. As a result, the publication says, Ukrainian command often opts to destroy all drones in the area without exception.