Ukraine uses song to disrupt and shoot down 'nearly impossible to stop' Russian missile

Ukraine, under Russian aggression, is reportedly effectively jamming Russian missiles, which are said to be 'nearly impossible to block.' The Ukrainian military is reportedly responding by sending 'songs' at the missiles.

Ukraine Is Jamming Russia's 'Superweapon' With a Song

Russia has stepped up attacks on power and water infrastructure using missiles known as Kinzhal, and in a nighttime attack in early October 2025, it launched 53 missiles, including Kinzhal, and 496 drones. Another attack at the end of October involved a combined attack of more than 700 missiles and drones.

The Kinzhal missile is known to be difficult to counter, with former US President Joe Biden describing it as 'almost impossible to stop,' and it has been thought that the only effective way to intercept it would be with a defense system using US-provided Patriot missiles.

However, Ukrainian electronic warfare team Nightwatch told 404 Media that they were using a jamming system called Lima EW, which creates a jamming field that prevents anything within range from communicating with the satellite, thereby shooting down the Kinzhal.

Kinzhal communicates with satellites using GLONASS, the Russian equivalent of GPS.

The Night Watch overwrites Kinzhal's satellite navigation signals with the Ukrainian song 'Our Father Bandera.' The song causes Kinzhal to mistakenly believe it is in Lima, Peru, and attempt to change direction. However, at speeds of up to Mach 5 (over 6,000 km/h), a sudden change in direction can be fatal, causing it to break in half.

While navigation systems can be jammed using digital noise or random signals, members of the Night Watch described the use of 'Our Father Bandera' in the attack as 'a kind of joke.'

Stepan Bandera , the subject of 'Our Father Bandera,' was a leader of the national liberation movement who advocated for Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union. He supported Nazi Germany in the hope of liberating Ukraine from the Soviet Union, but Nazi Germany also refused to recognize Ukraine's independence, leading to his being pursued by both camps and his assassination by a Soviet spy after World War II.

Russia, taking advantage of Bandera's past support for Nazi Germany, is using 'Our Father Bandera' in its propaganda to create the impression that 'all Ukrainians are Nazis' and 'Ukrainians are culturally the same as Bandera.' Night Watch is essentially 'giving back' to Russia.

According to Nightwatch, the Kinzhal is equipped with an antenna designed to resist jamming and spoofing, but because it uses an older system from the Soviet era, it is easily jammed. Russia has attempted to counter this by increasing the number of receivers on the missile, but Nightwatch says that no matter how many receivers it adds, it is futile, and it is expected that it will still be possible to shoot down the missile.

Nightwatch reports that it was able to intercept 19 missiles over a two-week period.