Frontline anti-drone corridors expand at about 9 km per day

Ukraine has built over 887 km of anti-drone road protection since early 2026, with 207 km in Kherson Oblast, and is expanding at about 9.2 km per day. The system uses overhead nets, wire-mesh canopies, and barriers to shield key front-line routes from Russian FPV drones, with more than 600 km of additional corridors planned across Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Sumy. Between May and June 2026, 198 km of front-line roads were restored and 13 bridge crossings in Kherson re-opened after 2022 de-occupation. The cost is roughly $40,000 per kilometer, aimed at saving lives, safeguarding supplies, and evacuating the wounded.