Ukraine showed a British unit that it needs to 3D-print drone parts and be able to do it close to the fight

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Multiple arms hold the grey shape of a drone body, with one person wearing camouflage clothing visible
Ukrainian soldiers are 3D printing drone bodies, parts, and bombs, and the UK is paying attention.

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Ukraine's interceptor drones are being upgraded all the time to keep pace with Russia's changing tactics

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The view of a Russian attack drone as seen from a camera on a Ukrainian interceptor drone.
A Ukrainian interceptor drone hunts down a Russian attack drone.

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Ukrainian soldiers battling a brutal winter are wrapping drone batteries in heated shoe insoles to keep them warm in flight

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Soldiers from a UAS crew of the Striletskyi special forces police battalion of the National Police in the Zaporizhzhia region assemble a Ukrainian GARA drone before a combat mission in the Pokrovsky direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on January 23, 2026.
Ukrainian forces are wrapping drone batteries in heated shoe insoles to keep them warm.

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Infantry will still be fighting in muddy holes even as drones change war, British officer says

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Two men in a trench holding firearms on a grey day.
Drones are prolific in Ukraine, but much of traditional land warfare also remains.

Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Ukrainian troops were 'stunned' to learn their British trainers don't use anti-drone nets, UK officer says

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Two men in camoflage outfits and beanies attatch pale-colored netting to a pole
Ukrainian soldiers cover positions and weaponry as a low-cost way to snag and stop Russian drones.

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Ukrainian drone schools say there's little the West can teach them about fighting a drone war

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Three men stand holding a drone and a phone under trees
Ukraine's drone schools, like Dronarium, are training drone operators for the war and trying to stay on top of fast-changing tech and tactics.

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A NATO fighter wing showed up for front-line air patrols with drone defenses for the first time

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An EF-18 of the Spanish Air Force 15th Wing at Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania in January 2026.
A Spanish EF-18 on the tarmac before takeoff at Šiauliai. Some elements of the image have been obscured for security reasons at the request of the Spanish Air Force.

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Ukrainian soldiers surprised a robot maker by using a drone to drop one of its bots into battle

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A black drone with mutiple rotors in the air above a grassy ground with a blue but cloudy sky
A Ukrainian unit used a drone to bring a ground robot closer to Russia's forces.

Florent VERGNES / AFP

Arms makers say that the fast-moving war in Ukraine is changing how they design and upgrade weapons

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A green robot on tracks with a weapon mounted on top travels down a dirt mountain
Milrem Robotics is among the companies making its weapons so they can be upgraded as easily as possible.

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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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