Ukraine has reportedly blinded eight Russian drone operators in a sophisticated operation using explosive military goggles.
Zelensky’s troops are thought to have booby-trapped headsets used to operate UAVs via a mysterious volunteer group in a plot similar to the Israeli pager blitz carried out by the IDF.
The apparent sabotage mission caught Putin’s drone troops off-guard as the glasses were reportedly rigged to blow up when turned on.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian armies have relied on donations as they rush to replenish frontline supplies.
Dozens of goggle explosions have been reported by troops since mid-February, according to defence site Militarnyi.
Around 80 sets of Skyzone Cobra FPV goggles were donated to different units of Putin’s army by an NGO this year, it was reported.
Each group is said to have received the items for free from the same organisation.
The first headset explosion was reported on February 4, when a pair detonated while on an operator’s face.
Seven more blasts were then reported over the next three days in the Kursk, Donetsk, and Luhansk areas.
Some of these goggles, however, were intercepted and inspected by Russian forces, where they made a shocking discovery.
A video shows the military goggles being taken apart to reveal a white powder.
Around 10 to 15 grams of plastic explosives were allegedly found inside these glasses.
Vlad’s men claimed these goggles were altered to add a remote detonation feature that would blow up when used to cause maximum damage.
Kyiv has been accused of capitalising on these donations to catch out Russian soldiers when they least expect it, but Ukraine is yet to confirm this.
The attacks resembled the pager bombs Israel carried out on Hezbollah fighters last year – leaving at least nine dead and over 2,000 injured.
Militants were caught out by pagers that secretly included a battery filled with explosives.
These stealthy detonators were even built to go undetected through X-rays and all the pagers were programmed to blow at the same time.
Israeli Mossad forces even circulated fake online stories to deceive Hezbollah about these deadly pagers’ larger-than-usual size.
At least 9 people were killed and around 3,000 injured when several pagers exploded simultaneously in Lebanon, in September 2024.
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