A first step could be for both sides to agree to stop using weaponized drones. Current commentary discusses advantages, for one side or the other, to reliance on weaponized drones. But the history of drone warfare in the Ukraine and in earlier wars, reveals two crucial points. Second, the use of weaponized drones spreads war geographically and politically into areas in which generals, independent military leaders and politicians would not dare to send ground forces. But the stakes of using drones to kill are extremely high, not only in terms of the consequences of attacking a target of huge political symbolic value, like the Kremlin.

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2023 12:02 UTC