This is the war plan for Europe: "What are you waiting for? Strike immediately and create a Kill Zone"

The second step is to build specialized infrastructure. In this regard, “Magyar” emphasizes that, based on Ukraine’s wartime experience, fiber-optic cables are the most reliable.

“Lay them underground, 30 to 50 centimeters deep. The entire border should be covered by a network of fiber-optic communications,” the Ukrainian commander said.

This underground infrastructure would make it possible to establish as many drone launch sites as necessary, while operators could control them remotely — from Riga, Vilnius, London or anywhere else, Večernji list reported.

The third step, he said, is to build an effective tactical short-range air defense network capable of detecting threats 15 to 30 kilometers away.

“Such systems should be densely deployed along the planned kill zone to detect all enemy reconnaissance and attack drones at any altitude and destroy them using interceptors, electronic warfare or other means. Expensive radars and sophisticated air defense systems should remain farther behind the front, because the enemy would target and disable them first,” Brovdi explained.

The fourth step is to establish at least one specialized drone brigade in each Baltic state. In Ukraine, such a brigade consists of 300 crews operating drones for various purposes.

“Magyar” calls this concept the “borscht recipe” — just as borscht is incomplete if any key ingredient is missing, drone forces cannot function if any component is absent.

In wartime, such a brigade can cover 100 kilometers of front, while in peacetime it can cover 500 to 600 kilometers. Ideally, he said, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania should establish their own drone forces, as Ukraine has done — and Russia has now done as well.

The fifth step is to develop the capability to strike the logistics and military targets of an advancing enemy. This requires medium- and long-range drones, as well as crews trained to operate them.

“The goal is to disrupt the enemy’s plans, to strike in a way that forces them to change their plans and timelines,” “Magyar” explained, adding that Ukraine is willing to help with training.

According to him, establishing a kill zone and laying the fiber-optic network could be accomplished as early as this year, without billions of euros in spending.

“It would cost several million, but you can do it yourselves and do it quickly — provided the state does not get in its own way and you do not get bogged down in disputes over private land,” he said.

Brovdi also criticized the existing Baltic defense line.

“It has no future. You will not be able to stop an enemy offensive with cyber capabilities. If drones are the dominant weapon today, then you need to create the infrastructure and conditions specifically for their use,” he added.

He was particularly critical of NATO’s response to Russian provocations.

“One Russian drone accidentally enters your territory, then a missile, then an aircraft flies over and conducts reconnaissance, then a warship approaches, and all you do is express concern and say you don’t like it. Strike as soon as it approaches! Strike — let it sink, and it won’t come back. But you don’t do that. Instead, you start arguing among yourselves about whether you should respond or not,” he stressed.