President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered the Ukrainian Armed Forces to establish a separate branch — the Unmanned Systems Forces. Aviation expert and a leading researcher from Kyiv’s National Aviation University, Valery Romanenko, discussed possible specifics and configuration of the new troops dedicated to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with Radio NV on Feb. 7.
Border guards' FPV drones have destroyed a Russian Murom-P long-range visual surveillance system and an Ironia-M optoelectronic system on the Kharkiv front. Source: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Quote: "Border guards of the Steel Border Offensive Guard Brigade are hitting the 'eyes of Mordor', which the invaders use to conduct reconnaissance.
The Russian occupiers are encouraging university students in occupied Crimea to become drone operators and join the Russian Armed Forces. Source: Ukraine's National Resistance Center Quote: "Students are recruited for courses on operating FPV drones.
Russian troops in Ukraine's south have significantly increased their use of drones: more than 80 were recorded as having been used by the Russians in just one day. Source: Nataliia Humeniuk, Head of the Joint Press Centre of Operational Command Pivden (South), at the Ukraine-Ukrinform media centre Quote: "The enemy does not cease their activity in the area of the Right Bank.