Unmanned aerial systems have added another layer of complexity to ground operations in Ukraine. Every minute and hour they are on the field, Ukrainian and Russian infantrymen and tank crews look to the sky, listening for the dreadful buzzing noise that suggests a drone is out hunting.

Drone countermeasures vary in effectiveness. And even when kinetic or electronic warfare countermeasures work, that might not be enough, as both sides employ hundreds of unmanned aerial systems on a daily basis, hunting down enemy troops, striking key military and infrastructural targets, or reconnoitering the battlefield. So, the two forces often have to resort to older, more traditional methods to conceal their movements.

As a way to counter Ukrainian unmanned aerial systems, the Russian military is using adverse weather conditions to mask its assaults.

“Russian forces appear to be conducting larger mechanized assaults during rainy and foggy weather conditions, which complicate Ukrainian drone operations,” the Institute for the Study of War

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