Despite the changes in warfare, Russian forces retain the ascendancy and are making slow but steady advances in the east and north of Ukraine. Russia has also caught up in UAV technology after falling behind early in the war, according to military analysts, and like its enemy is churning out drones domestically at a rate of millions a year.

In early June Ukrainian intelligence reported they would be the target of a summer offensive. But Colonel Derevyanko, a commander in the 93rd Brigade, says he sees no preparations for one. Indeed, he says,

The people of America need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal,” Zelensky told The Post of Ukraine’s latest drones.

Zelensky discusses potential drone deal with Trump to enhance aerial technology and strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy are considering a deal that involves Washington buying battlefield-tested Ukrainian drones in exchange for Kyiv purchasing weapons from the U.

Unmanned vehicles dominate the battlefield in Ukraine—laying mines, delivering ammunition and medication, even evacuating casualties.

A coalition of Ukrainian hackers breached and wiped systems belonging to Gaskar Group, a Moscow-based drone maker.

Cyber specialists of the Defense Intelligence (HUR) have attacked the Russian company Gaskar Integration, one of the largest suppliers of drones for the Russian army, according to sources within Ukrainian intelligence.