For every five or six incoming Russian shells, the Ukrainians fire back once or twice. 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. Both sides have made increasing use of FPV drones over the past six months as they’ve shown their usefulness on Ukraine’s flat, open fields. Meanwhile, however, Moscow is trying to make the most of its resource advantage, and is building its own FPV drone army.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 09, 2024 09:53 UTC