Russia's fiercest offensive last year still moved more slowly than WWI's Battle of the Somme, analysts say

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Two Russian soldiers ride on a motorbike coverd in winter camo netting.
Military engineers from Russia's Southern Military District conduct training in early 2026.

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Over 80% of every battlefield hit against Russia is now being carried out by a drone, Zelenskyy says

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A Ukrainian serviceman pilots a quadcopter drone next to him.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the overwhelming majority of the drones used to strike Russian targets are now manufactured locally.

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Ukraine's new 35-year-old defense minister made 2 influential Telegram bloggers his advisors for drone warfare

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Mykhailo Fedorov stands during an event.
Mykhailo Fedorov, now Ukraine's defense minister, was previously its minister for digital transformation.

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Ukraine's drone forces commander says his pilots are hitting Russians at such close range that they're 'under our feet'

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A Ukrainian drone pilot walks near his quadcopter during a training exercise.
A Ukrainian drone pilot controlles a flying drone during military training in Kyiv.

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Russia can build 500 Iranian-designed Shahed drones in a single day, Zelenskyy says

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Zelenskyy adjusts rostrum mics on stage.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos.

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Ukraine is trying to find Russia's tipping point with a steep new goal for battlefield kills

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Fedorov attends a parliament plenary session in mid-January.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's new defense minister, has set an audacious new goal for his forces: killing 50,000 Russian troops per month.

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A new Guinness World Record shows how Ukraine's anti-Shahed interceptor drones have room to fly even faster

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A serviceman prepares an interceptor drone of
Interceptor drones, such as this one, often feature a dome-shaped head and four propellers.

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Ukraine's pay-per-kill system against Russian Shaheds helped it get 40,000 interceptor drones in a month, official says

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A Ukrainian man holds up a two-foot interceptor, which features a dome-shaped head and four propellers.
Ukrainians have been developing interceptor drones as a counter to large-scale Shahed waves.

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Russia is pushing to build 1,000 of its localized Iranian Shahed drones every day, Ukraine's military chief says

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Geran-2 drones lie on a cobblestone street in Kyiv.
Geran-2 drones are, for now, the most commonly used Shahed-type drone deployed by Russia to attack Ukraine.

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I'm a US Marine vet who trained with Ukrainians 20 years ago. Here's the secret to their combat success.

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Troy Smothers poses with a Ukrainian holding a fiber optic drone.
Troy Smothers was a sergeant when he separated from the US Marine Corps. Before that, he served in Ukraine for a short time, later returning after the war began to assist its troops with fiber optic drones.

Troy Smothers

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