How Drone Technology and Innovation Are Shifting the Momentum in Ukraine's War with Russia
By
Anne Applebaum
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
The article describes a visit to a mobile drone-interceptor base near Kyiv, Ukraine, highlighting how technological advances—particularly in drone warfare and electronic warfare—have fundamentally changed the conflict with Russia. The piece argues that Ukraine is not losing and Russia is not winning, pointing to a momentum shift driven by innovation, decentralized tech adaptation, and the transformation of warfare itself through drones, AI, and electronic countermeasures.
Key quotes
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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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