As Russia is preparing to initiate a spring campaign in its ongoing war, Ukrainian soldiers and military leadership are confident that their drone forces will give the invading Russians hell.
Russia's recent spring attack on Ukraine has “already started”, commander -in -chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in a recent interview.
In recent months, there is little tangible benefits, the Kremlin is under domestic pressure to show progress on the battlefield. This pressure is answered by the only way he knows how: through relentless attacks, sacrificing the waves of Russian troops to rubbing.
But Russia is increasingly bouncing with the expanding drone wall of Ukraine, which is ahead of the deadly one man's land.
Russia's spring attack: throwing people to the problem
In November 2024, Russia's losses allegedly amounted to about 1,500 days, reflecting the grim of the merciless calculation of the Kremlin. Despite its fabulous losses, Russia's strategy remains unchanged. Its troops continue to be based on a relentless, friction tactics.
Russian military analysts warn that the Kremlin's elite appears dangerously to the scope of the army losses and the gloomy reality of the on -site.
The signs of this strain are becoming more visible. Russia's growing dependence on civil vehicles such as motorcycles, golf carts and vans, with time for logistics, when using time, highlights the exhaustion of armored vehicles and the decreasing maneuverability.
Attacking actions are increasingly taxed on the scale of the drone war in Ukraine. While Moscow is tending to the workforce, Ukraine contributes to contributing to the machines.
As US military assistance is reduced by President Trump, Ukraine's technological independence has become more urgent than ever. Kyiv competes to introduce fifteen kilometers of unmanned “killing zone” along the front line, with the ability to extend it up to forty kilometers. The initiative, which is part of the Ministry of Defense's drone line, “aimed at prohibiting Russia's compulsory ability to move without noticing, integrating drone intelligence closely with ground units.
Ukraine leveles a playground with drones that fight Russia's spring attack
General Christopher Cavoli, the US Commander of the United States, recently noted that Ukraine is now based mainly on the indigenous attack on the drones and cruise rockets made at home to hold the front line. These systems are simple, scalable and cheap, contrasting with Western procurement models.
Former Ukrainian commander -in -chief General Valeri Zaluzhnyi noted that many Ukrainian drones use commercial components and open source software, allowing for an effective friction war at minimal cost.
Pat Harrigan, a US congress member, pointed out that “cheap, software defined FPV drones cause 80 percent of Russia's losses in Ukraine” and that “America does not invest in fast, scalable drone technology Russia has used low -mobility troops with canes, crutches and even wheelchairs, sometimes giving up the Ukrainian drone feed. In Kursk, Ukrainian drones filmed Russian troops who abandoned the wounded African mercenary when his hands were tied.
The production of Ukrainian drones is increasing rapidly. Deputy Minister of Defense Ivan Havryliuk announced that by 2025, domestic production is expected to reach 200,000 drones per month, which is only 20,000 in early 2024. Kyiv also uses the robotic system of logistics, mine clearance and evacuation of accidents, further reducing the risk of people.
Ukraine's ever overlooked defense industry has grown from a billion dollar to $ 15 billion this year in 2022.
“We have our own Silicon Valley. In the garages all over the country, we have resourceful scientists and engineers who have never built anything that no one has ever done,” said Oleksii Reznikov, former Ukrainian Minister of Defense. Even Russian drone developers have acknowledged that they are stuck in a constant iteration, struggling to keep up, as Ukrainian troops remain a step further.
Despite heavy investments, the American drone manufacturers, on the other hand, have often worked hard on the demands of the modern battlefield. Their drones are expensive, slow production and susceptible to electronic disorders. Ukrainian companies offer cheap, battle -tested alternatives for comparison, which are specified under fire.
If Western procurement cycles usually go out over the years, Ukraine may turn the idea into the field for months. As a result, the wartime need has transformed Ukraine -the world's most flexible military innovation ecosystem.
Much of this progress is voluntary.
The successes of Ukrainian drones are contrary to the failure of the offensive of Russia's past
Victory Drones, part of the Dignitas Fund, is one of many groups that promote Ukrainian drone opportunities.
According to a Ukrainian soldier, a strong army may not soon be ten kilometers from the front. In some areas, drone operations have almost completely replaced the infantry.
“We keep the line with drones,” the soldier told me. “There is hardly anyone in the trenches.”
Volunteer groups such as Victory drones also work on AI integration into drone platforms with the aim of reducing the cost of targeting the last mile.
According to Lyuba Shipovich, CEO and co-founder of Digitas, AI-based targeting can only be added to the drones Hryvnia (about $ 25). As these models are refined and directed through the use of the battlefield, they are becoming more accurate. Ukrainians also enhance the AI with open source code, feeding models more battlefield data to improve and increase their lethality.
The result is a new type that is not formed by any person's land, battlefields that are increasingly saturated with semi -autonomous drones that seek and destroy everything that moves. Ukraine has no choice but to fight this war, but it offers a look at the future of warfare.
As Ukraine clarifies the use of autonomous systems, Russia should be prepared for even greater losses. Mass attacks, which are once effective in places such as Bakhmut, are now meeting the waves of Ukrainian drones. The Ukrainian drone wall quickly defines this stage of the war.
Volodymyr Zelensky claimed: “Russia must accept the inevitability of Ukrainian power.”
