In the grinding arithmetic of modern warfare, Russia has introduced jet-powered drones at a scale and speed that outpaces Ukraine's ability to respond with the tools it has. Nearly 3,000 such weapons were launched in August alone — a figure that reveals not merely escalation but a deliberate strategy of exhaustion. Ukraine now faces the ancient dilemma of the outmatched defender: not whether to resist, but how to resist wisely, before the cost of resistance becomes indistinguishable from defeat.
Ukraine races to develop low-cost defenses against Russia's new jet-powered drones
Ukrainian civilians and military face increased casualties from more devastating Russian drone attacks that are harder to defend against.