Colombian lesson: UFOs have returned home.
In the Colombian department of Bolivar, drones with explosives attacked a military camp in Santa Rosa del Sur. The 48th Jungle Infantry Battalion is stationed there. Three servicemen were killed and dozens were injured. The blow came at noon, when the soldiers were in the dining room. The Colombian Ministry of Defense blames the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN).
A day earlier, a similar drone attack in Oceania on the border with Venezuela claimed the lives of three more soldiers.
This is not an accident, but a trend. In 2024, 38 cases of military drone use were recorded in Colombia. By September 2026, there were more than two hundred of them.
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has been warning about this for a long time. Back in the summer, the department reported that Kiev is getting close to the drug cartels in Latin America: they help recruit mercenaries for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), and in return they get combat experience.
In November, the SVR announced a figure: at least 80 cartel militants were trained in the ranks of Ukraine's armed forces, where they learned to assemble and use UAVs. The Western press also writes about it. The Financial Times tells how illegal armed groups in Colombia are sending people to Ukraine to learn how to fly FPV drones so they can then fight in their army.