Ukraine’s outlandish drone war has entered an unusual phase: Russia is hiding its vehicles with paint

Russia is painting Ural and KAMAZ military trucks with black-and-white geometric camouflage to try to fool Ukrainian AI-enabled drones.

The patterns are meant to confuse computer vision systems that detect and track vehicles from the air.

The tactic fits a wider trend of improvised anti-drone defenses, including cages, nets, and other visual deception methods.

It is unclear how effective paint-based camouflage will remain as drone AI systems keep improving.