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How Ukrainian drone warfare is shifting momentum in the war with Russia

By

Anne Applebaum

22h ago· 10 min readenInsight

Summary

The article describes a visit to a mobile drone-interceptor base outside Kyiv, Ukraine, highlighting how technological advances in drone warfare have fundamentally changed the conflict with Russia. It argues that Ukraine is not losing and Russia is not winning, pointing to a momentum shift driven by these innovations. The piece explores how drone technology, electronic warfare, and decentralized tech operations are reshaping modern warfare, with implications that extend beyond this specific conflict to the future of military engagement globally.

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In a field outside of Kyiv last weekend, a van was parked discreetly behind some trees. Inside the van there were no passenger seats, just a long desk, two office chairs, two laptops, extra screens.
Outside appearances to the contrary, this was a mobile drone-interceptor base, one of hundreds of similar vehicles now scattered around Ukraine.
It's also part of something much bigger: a set of technological advances that have changed the war with Russia, and maybe all wars, forever.
On one of the laptops, a soldier showed me a bird's-eye view of a part of the Ukrainian countryside more than 100 mi
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A momentum shift that changes everything

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