Russians have a bonus in drone use, Ukrainian Armed Forces losses exceed infantry losses – WSJ

Russian forces have for the primary time surpassed the Ukrainian Armed Forces in drone operational ability, resulting in better losses amongst Ukrainian logistics and drone models than amongst infantry. The enemy modified techniques after the Ukrainian offensive into the Kursk area in 2024, using fiber-optic drones and growing the flight vary of their UAVs.

Russian forces have a bonus within the drone air warfare, and Ukrainian logistics and drone models are struggling losses that already exceed these of infantry. The enemy has discovered from the Ukrainian Protection Forces tips on how to use drones, UNN studies, citing The Wall Road Journal.

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Because the authors of the publication word, they obtained related feedback from army analysts, in addition to from troopers of the Ukrainian Protection Forces who’re on the entrance line. Nevertheless, the names of those individuals are not disclosed.

In an interview with The Wall Road Journal, they said that this autumn, the Russians for the primary time surpassed the Ukrainian Armed Forces within the ability of hanging with using UAVs. Moscow modified its techniques of utilizing drones after the Ukrainian offensive within the Kursk area in 2024.

Troopers of the Russian "Rubikon" unit used fiber-optic drones linked to the pilot by a protracted cable in order that the sign couldn’t be jammed

– the publication says.

After that, they used this tactic in Ukraine as effectively. In accordance with Konrad Muzyka, director of the Polish army analytical firm Rochan Consulting, Ukrainian logistics and drone models at the moment are struggling better losses than infantry on the entrance line.

This forces the Ukrainian Armed Forces to launch their FPV drones from extra distant positions, which limits the vary of their assaults – whereas Russian UAVs have an extended flight vary and fly deeper and deeper into the Ukrainian rear.

Recall

The Ministry of Protection of Ukraine codified and accredited to be used within the Armed Forces of Ukraine the digital simulators "Chaika" and "Chaika-M" ("Mukhoibiyka"), on which Ukrainian servicemen be taught to shoot down air targets.