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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 101 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Defense Minister Ruslan Umerov said 96% of all drones fielded by the Ukrainian military are domestically manufactured. Syrsky said during 2024, Ukrainian drone producers delivered more than 1.3 million robot aircraft to the armed forces. About 85% of all Russian casualties and vehicle kills on the battlefield are scored by Ukrainian drones, Malyuk said.

Very interesting to see the statistics. I always assumed drones were doing the most damage but it’s nice to have a number confirm this.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 62 points 1 day ago (6 children)

This war is a sample of what all major conflicts between industrialized nations are going to look like from now on. Even more utterly horrific for the average soldier. Death from above at any moment without warning, fuzzy front lines, the whole thing.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 47 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Equipment, too. The US DoD was looking at a new tank, but axed it. They don't exactly give out their reasons why, but a good guess is they saw what drones were doing in Ukraine and decided the design would have been obsolete before the first one came off the assembly line.

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 96 points 1 day ago (1 children)

May they prevail. Slava Ukraini.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 19 hours ago

Heroiam slava

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world -3 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

LOL Almost no cannon fodder to send, the massive amount of arms and equipment they started with but now they're starting to win?

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[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I believe it too. What a shit time for American materiel support to collapse

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's probably exactly why Putin has put his croney President Krasnov to put US support for Ukraine in jeopardy.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 23 points 1 day ago

I hope that Ukraine dismantles Russia's corpse for the best bits. Putin's personal wealth can be used for funding the rebuilding of Ukraine.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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