Russia's next-gen 'Geran-5' drone has a powerful new Chinese jet engine and might soon fire missiles, Ukraine says

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Metal parts and a wrecked chassis can be seen crashed in the snow.
This image supplied by GUR apparently shows the partial wreckage of a Geran-5.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR)

I flew drones on Ukraine's fiercest battlefield. The last few months laid bare the limits of today's drone warfare.

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Dimko Zhluktenko, with a jungle hat and protective glasses, is seen sitting with his gear in a forest.
Dimko Zhluktenko is a sergeant in the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine.

Dimko Zhluktenko

Ukraine's top general says that drones are now taking out Russia's soldiers as fast as it gets new ones into battle

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Two men in camouflage gear kneel outside working on a large grey winged drone with a snark's face painted on the front of it
Ukraine's drone army, and the number of targets its hitting, are growing

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A Ukrainian unit told us how its lone gun-toting robot fought off Russians for 45 straight days

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DevDroid's TW 12.7 is seen firing its M2 Browning in aerial footage.
NC13's DevDroid TW 12.7 is seen firing its weapon in this aerial footage. Red annotation by Business Insider.

Screenshot via 3rd Army Corps/Telegram

Under threat, Ukraine’s drone schools are going to great lengths to stay off Russia's radar

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A silhouetted figure reaching up and launching a drone with other figures, the sun, and a vehicle behind them
Ukraine's drone operators are key to its fight against Russia's invasion.

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10 highlights from Russia's annual review of its war in Ukraine

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Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin, and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov attend an expanded meeting of the Russian Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow.
Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin, attended a presentation by the country's defense minister recapping the Kremlin''s war performance this year.

Mikhail TERESHCHENKO / POOL / AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine says its small propeller battle drones can now go faster than Formula 1 cars

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Ukrainian anti-aircraft FPV drone operator wearing a headset remotely controls a drone from a shelter at his workplace in Donetsk.
Ukraine has been pushing the speed of its interceptors as Russia develops its newer jet-powered Shaheds.

Maks Muravsky/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Ukraine's drone schools are rewriting their lessons constantly, sometimes every other week as front-line fighting evolves

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A figure in camouflage kneels while holding a drone in the air among shubbery, with another figure in a camouflage and a helmet standing beside
Drones have proven to be an essential part of Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion.

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Video shows how a Ukrainian 'Droid' lay in wait with an M2 Browning and ambushed a Russian armored vehicle

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Thermal camera imagery shows a UGV firing its M2 Browning turret at an armored vehicle.
New footage of a ground-based drone firing an M2 Browning in combat shows how such platforms are increasingly being used in the war.

5th Separate Assault Brigade

Robotics industry insider says the future is one soldier backed by AI controlling swarms of drones

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A man in khaki gear and black goggles holds a controller with a small black drone in the blue sky behind him
Moving past an operator controlling one drone would be gamechanging.

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