Is Ukraine’s Decentralized Drone Innovation a Blip or a Revolution?

Expansion

Factuality

Ownership

Ukraine has changed the course of a war that exceeds four years thanks to its recent advances, despite the intense Russian bombing of Kiev, which six days ago left at least 30 dead. Ukrainian forces have managed to stop, or at least slow down, the Russian advance, due to the use of drones, which makes any attempt to go beyond the line slow and dangerous. Moreover, increasingly, Ukraine is carrying out in-depth attacks on Russian territory, with …

Vanguardia

Factuality

Ownership

By Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Viktor Koziuk, and Ilona Sologoub, Project Syndicate.BERKELEY/KIEV- If the need is the mother of innovation, the military technology industry of Ukraine, in particular the production of drones, is the perfect example. When Russia first attacked Ukraine in 2014, drones were mainly used for recognition. Ukrainian companies developed numerous models, but production was limited and oriented mainly to the civilian sector.