Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminate about 30,000 Russian military personnel monthly, with the vast majority of strikes carried out by drones. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the NATO Defense Industries Forum, reports UNN.
According to the head of state, in June alone, nearly 28,000 Russian occupiers were eliminated.
"Now we eliminate about 30,000 Russian military personnel every month. In June alone, nearly 28,000 occupiers were eliminated, and we have video confirmation of each such case. The vast majority of them were hit by drones," Zelenskyy said.
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Just a few years ago, drones were considered primarily an auxiliary tool for reconnaissance and fire adjustment. Today, they have become one of the main means of conducting combat operations.
Senior Fellow at the American Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Kateryna Bondar in a study on the possibility of conducting autonomous warfare concludes that Ukraine is gradually transitioning to a concept of combat operations in which a significant portion of tasks are performed by unmanned and autonomous systems, with the key goal being the minimization of risks to personnel.
Ukraine has begun and continues to build a large-scale integrated system that combines FPV drones, strike drones of various types and classes, including "mid- and deep strikes," naval drones, and ground robotic systems.
The war in Ukraine has already become the "first major war of drones" and is changing military doctrines. In this war, there is less and less room for traditional means of combat. For example, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Pavlo Yelizarov directly stated that between a drone and a tank, he would choose a drone, because "it is more mobile, cheaper, does not depend on terrain, does not get stuck in mud, and requires fewer people to maintain."