Saturday, 24 May 2025

Drone war goes on and on in Ukraine and Russia

The war between Ukraine and Russia is almnost exclusively now fought out by drones and missiles. You never hear about tank attacks or artillery strikes, let alone infantry combat. It's drones, drones, drones and they are getting more and more deadly and with longer ranges. To such an extent that the Ukraine military are now confident about launching drones which will reach the outskirts of Moscow. Both Russia and Ukraine are producing drones on a massive scale, so there is never a shortage. This sort of war can go on for ever, and right now, with Vladimir Putin dismissing any attempts to agree a ceasefire, let alone end the war, he will just carry on launching the drones every day and night. Likewise, Ukraine has factories and research facilities to produce better and better drones. Even as Moscow and Kyiv were engaged in a transfer of hundreds of prisoners of war, both sides were launching drones against each other. We never hear anymore about American Abrams tanks, or German Leopard tanks or British Challenger 2s. The only thing that counts are drones, as well as missiles, It's a frightening, ever-present type of warfare and because both Russia and Ukraine are building more and more, it means neither side is going to win. It will just be relentless. I don't see it ending for years.

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