Stills from video shared by Russia that shows the Krasnopol system in use during training. It shows edited lines that highlight its lasers, and then an explosion.
Stills from a video shared by Russia in 2018 that shows the Krasnopol system being fired in training, including edited lines that highlight its lasers.
  • Russia has a weapons system that uses a drone's laser to identify targets.
  • But the system is being limited by low clouds, the UK's defense ministry said.
  • Russia will likely try to improve the system in what could be a winter fighting boost, it added.

Russian drones that use lasers to identify targets in Ukraine are being frustrated by low clouds, according to British intelligence.