A top Ukrainian drone commander said on Tuesday that his forces have used uncrewed aerial vehicles to knock out 300 ships in Russia’s “shadow fleet” over 11 weeks. Maj. Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, said as drone crews reached this tally after they attacked and “burned” 21 tankers over the last
Ukraine’s drones flew nearly 2,000 miles into northwestern Siberia to strike two Russian gas facilities, a record distance for the war, said Ukrainian special forces. The strikes on Wednesday targeted a major plant in Novy Urengoy, a gas-producing city, and another facility about 60 miles south in the Purovsky district, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces, or
A Ukrainian manufacturer developed a roving turret with two Kalashnikov assault rifles for its main armament, as Kyiv aims to build more cheap ground drones to fill dangerous infantry roles. The uncrewed ground vehicle was recently used in combat by the Security Service of Ukraine’s Alpha Group special forces to destroy a Russian ambush drone,
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
