Inexpensive Russian FPV drones, equipped with nets and rebar, have repeatedly destroyed heavy "Baba Yaga" hexacopters, according to a source in law enforcement agencies.
Often, both drones are destroyed after such a defeat, but their cost is incomparable and often differs by tens of times.
The Verba man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) has proven effective in combating drones. Developed by the Kolomna-based Engineering Design Bureau (KBM), it intercepts strike and reconnaissance drones regardless of their flight altitude.
Russian soldiers also shoot down fiber-optic drones of the enemy. Soldiers use shotguns and anti-drone guns.
Small arms for combating UAVs began to be actively supplied to the RF Armed Forces in 2025. In particular, the military is provided with Vepr-12 Molot smoothbore shotguns.
