“Short on Shells, Ukraine Relies on Explosive Drones to Hold Russia Back”
“The drones are more accurate than artillery, but far less powerful. They are helping Ukraine to fend off Russia’s forces, at least for now”
“A VILLAGE NEAR ORIKHIV, Ukraine—From a bunker on the southeastern front, it’s easy to hear how Ukraine’s supply of artillery ammunition has dwindled. For every five or six incoming Russian shells, the Ukrainians fire back once or twice.
As the war approaches its third year, Russia is on the offensive, backed by an economy on a war footing. Ukraine, meanwhile, is short on ammunition as additional aid from its main backer, the U.S., remains blocked in Congress.
With artillery shells running low, Ukrainian troops on the front lines are improvising and using explosive drones to try to hold the Russians back.
“We’re increasingly using FPV drones because we have a lack of shells,” said Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation. But, he added, “drones can’t replace artillery completely.”
Ukraine’s growing reliance on FPV, or first-person-view, drones offers a preview of what the war might look like if the flow of Western weapons to Kyiv were severely curtailed.”
“Video of a Ukrainian FPV strike on a Russian tank in Krynky, Kherson Oblast, leading to a catastrophic explosion.”
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“Short on Shells, Ukraine Relies on Explosive Drones to Hold Russia Back”
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I mentioned to you guys a year ago that the cheapest way for ukraine to wage this war is with drones.
Zelinsky promised a million of them. But I’ve not heard any raw numbers as to how many are getting to the front. Only that — as of now, the rus are putting more of the drones on the front lines. (I don’t know what their quality is.)