A man holds a remote control and looks up at a drone in the sky.
A Ukrainian serviceman operating a drone in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on August 17, 2023.
  • Russia has seven drones for every one Ukraine has, an official told Ukraine's public broadcaster.
  • Yuriy Fedorenko told Suspilne that Russia is flooding Ukraine's airspace to find more targets.
  • He said Ukraine fights smarter and only sends a drone when it has a target in mind.

Russia has an enormous edge over Ukraine when it comes to drones, a Ukrainian officer said: seven Russian drones for each Ukrainian.

Yuriy Fedorenko, commander of the Achilles company of the 92nd Separate Airmobile Brigade, made the statement to the Ukrainian state broadcaster Suspilne on Tuesday.