{"id":20001,"date":"2025-09-06T07:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/it-is-a-war-of-drones-now-the-ever-evolving-tech-dominating-the-frontline-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T07:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:38:02","slug":"it-is-a-war-of-drones-now-the-ever-evolving-tech-dominating-the-frontline-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/it-is-a-war-of-drones-now-the-ever-evolving-tech-dominating-the-frontline-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It is a war of drones now\u2019: the ever-evolving tech dominating the frontline in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Models for reconnaissance, rescue, interception and attack are changing the way both sides operate<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more exhausting,\u201d says Afer, a deputy commander of the \u201cDa Vinci Wolves\u201d, describing how one of the best-known battalions in Ukraine has to defend against constant Russian attacks. Where once the invaders might have tried small group assaults with armoured vehicles, now the tactic is to try and sneak through on foot one by one, evading frontline Ukrainian drones, and find somewhere to hide.<\/p>\n<p>Under what little cover remains, survivors then try to gather a group of 10 or so and attack Ukrainian positions. It is costly \u2013 \u201cin the last 24 hours we killed 11,\u201d Afer says \u2013 but the assaults that previously might have happened once or twice a day are now relentless. To the Da Vinci commander it seems that the Russians are terrified of their own officers, which is why they follow near suicidal orders.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/sep\/06\/drones-evolving-technology-at-ukraine-conflict-heart\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9df3ba81f4b0cb944c10e58a6306b2894f39f93f\/209_0_4688_3750\/master\/4688.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a1442c257a61979deed5f02922b8333d\" title=\"\u2018It is a war of drones now\u2019: the ever-evolving tech dominating the frontline in Ukraine\" \/>Models for reconnaissance, rescue, interception and attack are changing the way both sides operate<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more exhausting,\u201d says Afer, a deputy commander of the \u201cDa Vinci Wolves\u201d, describing how one of the best-known battalions in Ukraine has to defend against constant Russian attacks. Where once the invaders might have tried small group assaults with armoured vehicles, now the tactic is to try and sneak through on foot one by one, evading frontline Ukrainian drones, and find somewhere to hide.<br \/>\nUnder what little cover remains, survivors then try to gather a group of 10 or so and attack Ukrainian positions. It is costly \u2013 \u201cin the last 24 hours we killed 11,\u201d Afer says \u2013 but the assaults that previously might have happened once or twice a day are now relentless. To the Da Vinci commander it seems that the Russians are terrified of their own officers, which is why they follow near suicidal orders. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Models for reconnaissance, rescue, interception and attack are changing the way both sides operate \u201cIt\u2019s more exhausting,\u201d says Afer, a deputy commander of the \u201cDa Vinci Wolves\u201d, describing how one of the best-known battalions in Ukraine has to defend against constant Russian attacks. Where once the invaders might have tried small group assaults with armoured &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/it-is-a-war-of-drones-now-the-ever-evolving-tech-dominating-the-frontline-in-ukraine\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018It is a war of drones now\u2019: the ever-evolving tech dominating the frontline in Ukraine<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20001"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}