New technologies are allowing Ukrainian drone operators (who are high-priority targets) to control drones from relatively safer locations hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away. But human soldiers often still have to go to dangerous places to transport, prepare and launch these aircraft. Operators of Ukrainian interceptor drones and other unmanned aerial systems are increasingly
Ukrainian attack drones flying hundreds of miles into Russian territory have been attacking oil refineries, military sites and now the country’s largest e-commerce warehouses. At least 10 facilities run by Russia’s largest online retail company, Wildberries, have been attacked by long-range drones in the past two weeks. Fixed-wing drones have been attacking the retail giant’s
Anxious about the surprising dismissal of Ukraine’s reformist defense minister, The country’s front-line troops say they have found some solace in a new appointment to another key role in the war: that of commander in chief. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed the 43-year-old Brigadier General. General Mykhailo Drapatyi will be named the country’s new top
Ukrainian defense company SkyFall said Wednesday that it has developed an interceptor drone capable of shooting down Russian Shaheds, a class of much faster attack drone that Moscow uses more regularly. The P1-SUN JetKiller is designed with a maximum flight speed of 370 kmph or 230 mph, at maximum altitudes of 9,000 meters or approximately
The average life expectancy of a Russian soldier going into battle in Ukraine is 20 to 30 minutes, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday. Ratcliffe spoke at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, where he blamed the deadly conditions on Ukraine’s combat drones equipped with artificial intelligence. “What I would say is that
Ukraine said on Thursday that its forces had carried out more than 16,000 ground drone missions in June alone, more than double the January figure. “From logistics to medical evacuation, UGV units are taking on the most dangerous tasks,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in a social media post on X announcing the June
