Some sociologists say growing fatigue and disappointment in counteroffensive results have led some Ukrainians to believe rumors of a split within the leadership and a decrease in Western support.
Kyiv says the drones are put together using easily available parts, and their assembly costs no more than a few hundred dollars, making them an affordable option for disrupting Ukrainian air defences.
Over the past three weeks, Russia has thrown away something like two to four brigades of trained, regular army troops, against the very strongest Ukrainian fortifications, in the area of Avdiivka.
As decades of relative peace have given way to radicalism on both sides of the Atlantic, democratic nations that choose shame over war now risk getting both.