How Ukraine's drone warfare is shifting the battlefield dynamics against Russia
By
Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, Daria Makarina-Tarasova, Victoria Butenko
Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
The article reports on how Ukraine's early and mass-industrialized adoption of drone warfare is reshaping the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian commanders, veterans of brutal urban battles like Avdiivka and Bakhmut, now direct strikes remotely from underground bunkers miles away, with no troops on the ground. The piece highlights how drone technology has given Ukraine a tactical edge, forcing Russian forces onto the defensive and exacting a significant toll on the battlefield.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThere is a whirr, a flurry of dust, a pause as the grainy image recalibrates, and then a devastating blast.
An entire mission directing six blasts against three Russian frontline targets in eastern Ukraine will involve no Ukrainian troops on the ground, the battle instead directed from underground bunkers.
Ukraine's early embrace of drones, and the mass-industrialization of their accuracy and power, has begun to exact a defining toll on Russia.
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