SYPAQ's Corvo PPDS drone, made from carboard, in the air
SYPAQ's Corvo PPDS drone
  • Ukraine claims it used cardboard drones from Australia to strike five jets at a Russian air field. 
  • Russia has made no mention of damage at the airfield but reported strikes in the area. 
  • In March, Australia announced delivery of the lightweight drones in an aid package to Ukraine. 

Ukraine claimed that an attack that damaged five fighter planes at a Russian airfield was carried out using "cardboard" drones from Australia.

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) told the Kyiv Post on Saturday that it had struck a MiG-29 four Su-30 fighter jets at Kursk airfield in western Russia.

As well as the planes, the drones damaged two Pantsir missile launchers and part of an S-300 air defense system, the SBU told the outlet.