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Decoy drone · One-way attack
Fixed-wing symbolParodiya
A Russian expendable decoy aircraft that Ukraine’s Air Force names in mass drone-attack reports. Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR) describes it as having no warhead and being smaller and cheaper than Shahed-136/Geran-2; an ISIS analysis describes the airframe and components. A wave report that mentions Parodiya gives no per-type count and does not identify any individual object.[1][2]
- Design origin
- Russia[1]
- Research edition
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
also known as Parodiya, Parodiia
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
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.
Body length
Unknown in reviewed sourcesWingspan
Unknown in reviewed sourcesSame-class research profiles · published range, km · open bounds remain open
One scale. Different machines.
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
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.
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Family & configurations
Parodiya · decoy drone
- Related designGerbera[2]
- Analogue named by sourceShahed-136 / Geran-2[1]
Form, sound & identification limits
- HUR, 11 November 2024: “These UAVs do not have a warhead, they are smaller and cheaper than the Shahed 136/Geran-2, but thanks to the Luneberg lens imitate their radio emission.” This is the description of a party to the war, written after two decoys came down in Moldova; it is not a test result for every Parodiya.[1]
- ISIS describes “a high-wing monoplane design built from cheap plywood materials”, much smaller than the Shahed 136, and says that, unlike Gerbera, it is not known to carry any explosive charge. The analysis rests on component lists published by Ukraine and states that the production site inside Russia is unclear.[2]
- On radar the decoy is meant to resemble the larger drone: ISIS writes that it “can mimic the radar signature of a Shahed 136 because it is installed with Luneburg lenses”. A similar radar return therefore does not by itself distinguish a decoy from an attack drone. Neither source gives a measured radar cross-section, dimensions or flight range; those remain unknown here.[2]
- Ukraine’s Air Force names it inside wave totals, for example on 11 October 2026: “116 strike UAVs, including Shahed-type drones (95 of them jet-powered), Gerbera drones and Parodiya-type decoy drones”. HUR said about half of the drones Russia used in October 2024 were decoys. These are party figures without a separate Parodiya count, and a named type in a national total does not identify a local impact.[3][1]
- Ukrainska Pravda, 3 May 2026: “Russian forces used Parodiya decoy UAVs during a drone attack on Kyiv Oblast on 2 May after a pause of several months.” The report relays a radio-technology specialist’s observation; it shows intermittent use, not a steady frequency.[4]
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
- Defence Intelligence of Ukraine · The russian “Parodies” drones fell in Moldova contain Western-made components
11 Nov 2024 · Source consulted: 02 Nov 2026 · Official report; not an independent test
- Institute for Science and International Security · Russian Decoy Drones that Depend on Western Parts Pose a Great Challenge to Ukrainian Defenses
18 Dec 2024 · Source consulted: 02 Nov 2026 · Approximate / analyst compilation
- Ukrinform · Ukraine’s air defenses down 94 of 116 Russian drones launched against Ukraine overnight
11 Oct 2026 · Source consulted: 02 Nov 2026 · Firsthand reporting
- Ukrainska Pravda · Russia uses Parodiya decoy drones again during attack on Kyiv Oblast – photos
03 May 2026 · Source consulted: 02 Nov 2026 · Firsthand reporting
Cite this profile
DroneLedger. Parodiya · decoy drone. Research edition 2026-11-02. https://droneincidents.com/drones/parodiya/