Ukraine Leverages Drone Warfare As New Offensive Season Begins

man operating small drone

Small drones now enforce a 10-15-km “kill box” on both sides of the front lines.

Credit: Ukraine Defense Ministry
On stage before hundreds of American artillery officers, Ukrainian Maj. Gen. Volodymyr Horbatiuk started by showing a video taken with his cell phone on Feb. 24, 2022, the day Russia launched the wide-scale invasion of his country. In the video, the camera pans across an unnamed crossroads somewhere...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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