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Heavy multirotor · Reusable · armed ISR

Multirotor symbol

Baba Yaga · heavy multirotors

A wartime nickname for Ukrainian heavy bomber multirotors, often represented by the six-rotor Vampire. It is a class label rather than a single make or universal hexacopter specification. Ukraine’s defence ministry names multiple systems under the heavy-bomber role; Reuters’ field imagery documents Vampire separately. A nickname alone cannot identify its manufacturer, payload or exact aircraft.[1][2]

Design origin
Unknown in reviewed sources
Research edition
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No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.

Schematic top view of the general configuration. Not to scale and not an exact depiction of the model.

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

also known as Baba Yaga, Baba-Yaga, Баба Яга, Баба-Яга

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

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The numbers, with their sources

Intervals preserve the published bounds; they are not statistical confidence intervals. A blank lower or upper bound stays open. Values belong to the named configuration, not every aircraft.

Published flight range

Unknown in reviewed sources

Body length

Unknown in reviewed sources

Wingspan

Unknown in reviewed sources

One scale. Different machines.

No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.

Human height is an illustrative 1.8 m; bus length an illustrative 12 m. Car length uses the cited MINI specification. Vehicle heights and drone side contours are schematic. Top views preserve published length and span; an absent dimension is never guessed.

One car length here is 3.821 m: MINI Cooper 3 door, March 2020 specification.

In our archive

Not yet named as a model in this archive — sources usually say only “drone” or name the family.

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Where this type appears

Counts follow model/family links in the archive. A general register link does not identify a model.

Family & configurations

Baba Yaga · heavy multirotor class

No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.

Form, sound & identification limits

  • The defence-ministry description names Vampire, Kazhan and Nemesis. These have different designs and configurations; a numerical payload or endurance from one must not become a class-wide value. This profile therefore leaves universal measurements blank.[1]
  • Reuters’ field photographs and captions show a specific Vampire and describe day/night sensing. That is a separate original reporting origin from the ministry. The six-arm symbol is schematic, not evidence that every aircraft called Baba Yaga has six rotors.[2]
  • Night operation, size and engine sound are not reliable model identification. The nickname also should not be conflated with a particular commercial agricultural drone, a small FPV quadcopter or a confirmed incident attribution.[1][2]

Shape or sound alone cannot identify a drone. Follow local public-safety alerts; do not approach wreckage.

No licensed, model-attested recording is available in our sound library.

What does it cost?

Published USD figures use different price bases and years. Airframes, export packages and support are not equivalent. These are not current offers or verified production costs.

Unknown in reviewed sources

Countermeasures in public analysis

No type-specific, independently supported summary is included in this edition.

Source notebook

  1. Ministry of Defence of Ukraine · Heavy bomber operators: Vampire, Kazhan and Nemesis

    2026-03-21 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Official report; not an independent test

  2. Reuters / RFE/RL · Field photo-report: Ukraine’s Vampire drones

    2024-02-05 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Firsthand reporting

Cite this profile

DroneLedger. Baba Yaga · heavy multirotor class. Research edition 2026-11-01. https://droneincidents.com/drones/baba-yaga-heavy-multirotor/

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