Overview
- The British origin of the drones was disclosed Tuesday, prompting pro‑Kremlin media figures to urge revenge strikes on London’s Westminster Bridge.
- Ukraine’s 426th Unmanned Systems Regiment used Malloy T‑150 heavy‑lift drones over about 60 days in March 2025 to drop roughly 1.5 tonnes of explosives across more than 30 sorties.
- Operators lowered a 50‑kilogram shaped charge on a cable to the bridge’s underside and then set it off with a missile, exploiting the fact that bridge decks are weaker from below.
- The blasts dropped two spans of the Konka River crossing and reduced Russia’s ability to move and fire on the city of Kherson after earlier conventional and HIMARS attacks failed to finish the job.
- The T‑150, built by Malloy Aeronautics, a BAE Systems subsidiary, began as a civilian cargo platform, a fact now fueling debate over dual‑use gear and foreign involvement in a strike on Ukrainian territory under occupation.