Who makes the best combat drone pilots? Ukrainian drone schools say it's young, tech-loving gamers and people used to staring at screens

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A mean wearing googles holds a controller in a field with a small drone flying behind him
Ukraine's drone operators have been key to its fightback against Russia.

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Ukraine's naval drones are gunning for Russia's 'shadow fleet.' A security source says a tanker just suffered a critical hit.

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A Ukrainian naval drone captures the moment another drone attacks an oil tanker.
Ukrainian naval drones attacked a tanker belonging to Russia's "shadow fleet" on Wednesday.

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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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Weapons maker says it's seeing surging European interest in new kits that turn machine guns into drone-killers

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Soldiers of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment's (Połk Kalinoŭskaha) fire support group improve rifle and tactical training.
Small arms have emerged as a means of defense against drones.

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Ukraine showed the UK its classic 'tactically safe' trench-clearing methods don't work in chaotic, booby-trapped trenches

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A figure in camouflage gear and a helmet runs in a shallow, muddy trench with another figure leaning over the side of it in the background and another walking, all under a grey sky
Ukraine's east has become full of trenches, which are key to keeping soldiers in alive in a flat landscape packed with drones and artillery.

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Ukrainian robotics company says autonomy in defense is overhyped — but it's also past the point of no return

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A person in a khaki fleece and balaclava sits in a dark space holding a controller and wearing goggles with a black spool of what looks like wire in front of them
Autonomy is being used more widely in warfare, but a lot of what is described as autonomous still heavily relies on humans.

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Unjammable drones are leaving wires everywhere, forcing Ukrainian troops to move with caution

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The Stalker, a Ukrainian-made fiber-optic FPV drone, undergoes tests in Ukraine on July 3, 2025.
Fiber-optic FPV drones are dominating the battlefield in Ukraine.

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A Ukrainian drone maker says its interceptor took down a Russian Shahed armed with an air-to-air missile

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A Sting interceptor drone closes in on a Russian shahed.
Ukrainian drone-maker Wild Hornets said its interceptor took down a Russian drone carrying an air-to-air missile.

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Ukrainian special ops forces narrowly dodged a drone strike. A soldier says his driver 'drove like a god.'

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A Russian drone attacks a group of Ukrainian special operators in September.
A Russian FPV drone hunts down a group of Ukrainian special operators.

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Ukrainian soldiers say Russian strike drones are flying smaller drones into battle like an 'aircraft carrier'

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The view from a Ukrainian interceptor drone as it hunts a Russian drone.
A Russian Molniya drone.

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