‘It is impossible to outrun them’: how drones transformed war in Ukraine
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Sat, 04 Jan 2025 07:00:39 +0200
Small FPV drones, which travel at 37mph, have become ubiquitous, evolving from a novelty to a weapon of choiceDenys, a soldier with Ukraines Khyzhak brigade, describes a new kind of war.
Standing in a barracks workshop with piles of basic Ukrainian First Person View FPV drones behind him, he says simply There are fewer gunfights because there are more drone fights.Frontlines that were once a gunshot apart are now a killing zone several miles deep, as Russian and Ukrainian drone squads, hidden about one to three miles behind the frontline, target each others forces with simple aerial attacks.
Back in 2022, we were still running around with machine guns from the tree lines, Denys says, almost with nostalgia.
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