MORE: Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk. Russian forces recently advanced in Kursk Oblast and near Chasiv Yar and Pokrovsk. Ukraine's efforts to integrate drone operations with ground operations significantly differ from Russian efforts to centralize drone units. 🧵(1/6) - ThreadSky

thestudyofwar.bsky.social • 12 days ago

MORE: Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk.

Russian forces recently advanced in Kursk Oblast and near Chasiv Yar and Pokrovsk.

Ukraine's efforts to integrate drone operations with ground operations significantly differ from Russian efforts to centralize drone units. 🧵(1/6)

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thestudyofwar.bsky.social•12 days ago

2/ Russian efforts to centralize drone units have attempted to augment Russian drone capabilities by expanding state control over drone operators and developers and increasing their incorporation into the Russian military bureaucracy. https://isw.pub/UkrWar021025

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•12 days ago

3/ The Russian military began efforts to centralize drone operators and developers in Fall 2024, disbanding informal drone detachments and removing drone specialists from regular military units, then selectively reorganizing them to form new MoD-controlled drone units and centralizing their assets.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•12 days ago

4/ The Russian MoD also reportedly established its first separate unmanned systems regiment at the military district level in January 2024, further highlighting ongoing efforts to centralize and bureaucratize control over drone operations.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•12 days ago

5/ ISW continues to assess that the Russian MoD's efforts to centralize and reorganize drone units and monopolize drone production and procurement processes may complicate Russian forces' ability to rapidly innovate and adapt new technologies and combat techniques in the short- to medium term.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•12 days ago

6/ Read more on this topic from ISW Deputy Russia Team Lead @katstepanenko.bsky.social:

https://isw.pub/RussianDroneOperations

klauskolonko.bsky.social•12 days ago

They don't learn from their mistakes. Good for the Ukrainians.

klauskolonko.bsky.social•12 days ago

That not works

ajit4g.bsky.social•12 days ago

"I’ve had it"
When asked if he had had a conversation with Putin, Trump said: “I’ve had it. Let’s just say I’ve had it … And I expect to have many more conversations.”

Vladimir Solovyov says Russia doesn't care about Trump's peace plan 🤮

klauskolonko.bsky.social•12 days ago

Russia will be interested in a peace plan. Unfortunately, there are blind ignorant people. The Russians will still beg for peace. And make no demands.

doctordinosaur.bsky.social•12 days ago

Russian Peace = Unconditional surrender of Ukraine with an eradication of the Ukrainian identity (aka genocide)
Followed by more wars, this time with Ukrainian soldiers.

Doesn't sound appealing.

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