The War in Ukraine Is Fought on Horseback Against Drones Carrying Machine Guns

The war in Ukraine is one of robots and horses. It’s WW1-style trench warfare with modern killing machines. As Kyiv is perfecting the art of lethal drones on the ground, sea, and air, Moscow has turned to hauling supplies across the battlefield using donkeys and horses. Aerial drones have long been a critical component of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Both sides employ them to monitor the battlefield and kill the enemy. In the past few months, ground drones have entered the mix in a big way. A new report from the Wall Street Journal detailed a Ukrainian assault on a Russian bunker in Kharkiv back in December that was conducted entirely by killer robots. The assault involved 50 aerial drones (UAVs) supporting groups of unmanned land vehicles (UGVs), some of which carried explosives and machine guns. The UAVs provided targeting information as the UGVs barrel forward, cleared out enemy positions, and sometimes exploded. A recent report at Radio Free Europe had more details about the Ukraini ... Read full article.