The US on Wednesday condemned drone attacks on oil fields in the Iraqi Kurdish region. "The United States strongly condemns the drone attacks that have been targeting oil fields in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region since July 14,

Despite the changes in warfare, Russian forces retain the ascendancy and are making slow but steady advances in the east and north of Ukraine. Russia has also caught up in UAV technology after falling behind early in the war, according to military analysts, and like its enemy is churning out drones domestically at a rate of millions a year.

A Ukrainian soldier told BI that the thermonaric warheads have gotten bigger, while a first responder said Russia is using them more frequently.