“Our drones are beginning to die”

Today, the British newspaper The Guardian talks about the technological race for dominance in the air above the war zone.

Drone squads are ubiquitous in the Bakhmut war zone, cowering in a frosty basement or risking everything atop a nine-story building. Some are forced to hide a few hundred meters from the front line or even on it. Without them, Ukraine’s efforts to hold on to the war-torn city would have been much more difficult, perhaps impossible.

But the concern for Ukraine, according to three front-line drone operators, is that the Russians are close to challenging the most popular models in operation, made by Chinese manufacturer DJI…

It is scary and dehumanizing to look down on violence and drop bombs.

“When you watch movies, you think you’re supposed to feel something when you kill people. But there are no emotions in war; you just completely do what you have to,” says drone operator Yaroslav.