Like back in the days when the ‘fearsome’ USSR held sway, it claimed it had invented most everything under the sun. So too with this claim that they revolutionized warfare with drones.
The credit goes 80% to Ukraine and 20% to Iran - and like the Soviets, Russia once again copied them, and now tries to take credit.
agree with your ratios. Ukraine has had to turn to drones as force multipliers out of desperation. the Russians could afford to continue to throw more men and machines at the Ukes until the drones showed up.
As a matter of fact, quad-copters as a weapon were first used by Warner group in Africa and pro-Russian rebels in 2014 in Ukraine. The first masses use was by all sides in Syria.