{
  "id": 7812716,
  "title": "Video shows elderly Ukrainian woman disabling Russian fiber-optic waiting drone by hand",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/video-shows-elderly-ukrainian-woman-disabling-russian-fiber-optic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T15:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/woman-disarms-russian-drone-with-her-bare-hands-in-unique-incident-captured-in-ukraine-50641996.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, an adviser to the president on defense technology development, posted a video on Facebook on Sept. 15 showing an elderly Ukrainian woman apparently neutralizing a Russian “waiting” drone by hand after removing its fiber-optic spool. The footage quickly went viral.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Olive Press",
        "title": "Spanish NATO commander stationed in the UK caught up in ‘honeytrap’ after starting Tinder relationship with Russian woman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/spanish-nato-commander-stationed-in-the-uk-caught-up-in-honeytrap",
        "published": "2026-09-16T14:20:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in Ukraine kills 5 people and wounds at least 7 others",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/russian-drone-strike-on-a-passenger-bus-in-ukraine-kills-5-people-and",
        "published": "2026-09-16T16:17:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Ukrainian electronic warfare apparently knocked a Russian attack drone off course and into Lithuanian airspace, the country’s president says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ukrainian-electronic-warfare-apparently-knocked-a-russian-attack",
        "published": "2026-09-16T16:34:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}