“We have so many military targets and too few drones,” said Erik, a Ukrainian soldier working in a long-range drone strike unit. Erik is identified only by his Ukrainian army call sign due to the sensitive nature of his work.
As Ukrainian soldiers describe a front line increasingly dominated by drones, Kyiv’s ability to acquire enough of the weapons is emerging as a key problem in its defense against Russia.
As Ukrainian soldiers describe a front line increasingly dominated by drones, Kyiv’s ability to acquire enough of the weapons is emerging as a key problem in its defense against Russia.
“We have so many military targets and too few drones,” said Erik, a Ukrainian soldier working in a long-range drone strike unit. Erik is identified only by his Ukrainian army call sign due to the sensitive nature of his work.
Ukraine’s battlefields are defined by drones. Speaking at a press briefing last week, a senior NATO defense official said there were as many as 6,000 first-person-view
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