Drones can lay mines, deliver everything from ammunition to medication and even evacuate wounded or dead soldiers. Crucially, drones spot any movement along the front line and are dispatched to strike enemy troops and vehicles.

The Russians launched missiles from Kursk Oblast and drones from Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, and occupied areas of Donetsk Oblast. The enemy’s aerial assault was countered by Ukraine’s aviation,