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Zelensky and Trump consider drone ‘mega-deal’ as Putin’s troops advance on frontline - Zelensky says drones are the key tools that have allowed his country to fight off Russia's invasion for more than
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40 of Russia’s Tu-95MS ‘Bear’ Bombers Are Sitting Ducks for Ukrainian DronesRussia’s strategic bomber fleet remains alarmingly vulnerable to Ukrainian drone strikes, with recent satellite imagery revealing at least 40 Tu-95MS bombers parked wingtip-to-wingtip and unprotected at the Ukrainka air base.
Top Army commanders discussed how the Russia-Ukraine war has upended traditional ground warfare tactics at the Association of the U.S. Army’s two-day symposium in Wiesbaden, Germany.
The Ukraine conflict has starkly illuminated the role of drones in modern warfare: both sides exchange hundreds of aerial strikes daily. Some of the most notable drone operations, such as Ukraine’s destruction of dozens of Russian strategic bombers in “Operation Spider’s Web,” might rewrite the future of warfare.
Under a scheme first trialled last year and dubbed "Army of Drones: Bonus" (also known as "e-points"), units can earn points for each Russian soldier killed or piece of equipment destroyed. And like a killstreak in Call of Duty, or a 1970s TV game show, points mean prizes.
Ukrainian sources have also reported that Russia's military has moved its own FPV drones to frequencies different to those often used by Ukraine's electronic warfare (EW) systems, in particular ...