How Ukraine's drone warfare is reshaping the conflict and pushing Russia onto the defensive
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Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, Daria Makarina-Tarasova, Victoria Butenko
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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 precision 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 by enabling remote, precise, and devastating attacks against frontline targets.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThere is a whirr, a flurry of dust, a pause as the grainy image recalibrates, and then a devastating blast.
Underground, dozens of miles away, veterans of the most brutal urban battles in Ukraine, of Avdiivka and Bakhmut, are commanders in a new kind of killing - one they cannot feel, smell or see up close.
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 dir
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