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Russia draining Black Sea Fleet of specialists amid losses and doubts over admiral's competence

Russian military command has begun reassigning Black Sea Fleet specialists to newly formed drone warfare units and is weighing the possible dismissal of the fleet's commander, Ukrainian partisan intelligence network ATESh reported on May 13.

13 May, 11:53 AM

Russia races to grow its drone forces — Syrskyi

The Russian military plans to increase the number of personnel in its unmanned forces to 101,000 by April 1, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said on March 12.

13 March, 01:55 AM

‘With a drone component’: Zelenskyy announces creation of separate assault forces

Ukraine’s Defense Forces will soon include newly formed, independent assault troops equipped with a dedicated drone component, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced during a press briefing on Sept. 19, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

20 September 2025, 04:04 PM

Ukraine spots fiber-optic FPV drones' key vulnerability, shows how to down them - video

Fiber-optic FPV drones pose an extremely serious threat as electronic warfare (EW) systems are ineffective against them - hovewer, they still can be downed from small arms, AFU's Peaky Blinders air defense unit wrote on X on June 19.

20 June 2025, 09:53 AM

Ukraine’s plan to tackle demobilization: timely troop rotations

Regular rotations could be the key to addressing the demobilization issue for Ukraine’s Defense Forces. That’s the view expressed by Mykhailo Kmytiuk, commander of the Typhoon Special Drone Systems Unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, in an interview with NV.

13 January 2025, 03:35 PM

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