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(Dan Tri) – Ukraine is finding creative ways to deal with Russia using smartphone applications.
The remains of a Russian UAV were obtained by Ukraine (Photo: Global Images Ukraine).
Ukraine announced it would become a fully digital country just months before hostilities broke out with Russia.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation has announced the Diia mobile application portal, allowing more than 21 million Ukrainians to access more than 70 government services as well as store and access 14 essential digital documents.
This same Ministry, headed by Mr. Mykhailo Fedorov, has promoted a series of technological innovations, including the creation of unmanned devices in the air, on the ground and at sea.
On the other hand, the same unit mentioned above is also taking advantage of mobile phone applications, turning them into `secret weapons` for Ukraine to deal with Russia, according to Kyiv Post.
For example, Ukraine has been using smart mobile applications to support air defense operations against Russia’s recent `rain of fire` air strikes using UAVs and missiles.
For example, the ePPO app was first launched in the fall of 2022. It is a simple phone application supported on the Diia system to allow ordinary citizens to report sightings of weapons on
This application was developed by a group of volunteers in the early days of the war and was increasingly used when Russia raided Ukraine with increasing frequency.
The ePPO app uses the smartphone’s built-in GPS and compass to determine the user’s location.
When they hear or see a target approaching, they simply point their mobile phone towards the incoming object and press a single button.
The project’s developers say the app’s aim is to mobilize `the entire population` to help detect upcoming attacks.
Samuel Bendett, an expert on UAVs, commented that this application is a useful support tool for Ukraine’s air defense classes.
Justin Bronk, an expert from the RUSI institute (UK) said that in 2022 Ukraine does not have the equipment to fully monitor low-altitude airspace continuously.
He said that `updated information from civilians helps Ukraine plot the routes of missile and UAV attacks, to warn air defense units to try to shoot them down`.
Ukraine then developed and automated this target detection mechanism, according to General James Hecker, head of US Air Forces in Europe.
System upgrade
Accordingly, Ukraine has established a network using thousands of independent mobile phones to track incoming drones and missiles.
To do this, Ukraine created an application on mobile phones that uses the sound sensor on the device.
The network combines input from approximately 40 separate sensor types to detect, identify and track incoming airborne threats.
What makes the new application different from ePPO is the way the system automatically detects and identifies targets using acoustic sensors, without needing to rely on people.
First, Ukraine will place the phone equipment in boxes and then mount them on poles, trees, or a tall pole.
The system is continuously turned on to detect and record sounds of incoming air targets.
Once confirmed it is a Russian weapon, the information is sent back to the centralized repository using a standard local mobile phone network.
`A better understanding of what’s going on in the sky is really useful. It’s truly groundbreaking technology,` Minister Fedorov told the Telegraph.
On the other hand, the original basic idea is being expanded both in scope and in the technology being used.
Zvook will use microcomputers instead of mobile phones and is said to be able to detect drones at a distance of 5km, cruise missiles at a distance of 6km and ballistic missiles at a distance of 10km
`We detect airborne threats and then the military can turn on its radar system to detect a specific area… It’s a