Ukrainian engineers are developing drones which can replicate the battlefield impact of the U.S-supplied HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) to hit Russian targets, it has been reported.

Ukrainska Pravda and its defense news affiliate Oboronka reported that Kyiv is drawing on the midrange unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in response to Russia’s countermeasures against HIMARS rockets which renders them less effective.

In an article for the Ukrainian news outlet, open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst Illia Bolharyn wrote Ukraine had been forced to produce other ways to attack Russian forces at the same distance and accuracy as the American systems by using drones which can cause the "HIMARS effect."

Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian defense ministry for comment.

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