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Ukraine can laser technology to down aircraft over 2km altitude using laser," unmanned Systems currently on its way to scale up laser system. “It really works, it really exists,” This also highlighted progress in development of "mother drones" capable of carrying lightweight drones, mother drones, FPV carriers, range more than 70 km, carry 2 FPVs act as a repeater fly deep to enemy targets. In Feb, Zelenskyy tasked govt establishing a separate Unmanned Systems within Ukrainian Armed, he explained type of troops is important. By summer, Colonel Sukharevskyi was appointed to lead this new branch. 

Zelenskyy recently announced Ukraine used more drones than Russia in July, before that, he said tha plans to increase the production of long-range drones. In a real breakthrough," this project is among most promising initiatives within his work, Sukharevskyi added.

Ukrainian forces successfully attacked Russian positions using only ground and first person view (FPV) drones instead of infantry, an army. 
Spokesperson claimed on Dec. 20. Speaking on national TV, a Sergeant spokesperson for the Khartiia Brigade, National Guard of Ukraine, said “dozens of units of robotic unmanned equipment” supported by surveillance drones were used in the assault near village of Lyptsi, north of Kharkiv. He!,
Dehtiarov said drones included ground systems with machine guns kamikaze FPV drones is used..
He did not specify when the attack took place.
The Institute for Study of War (ISW). They attack highlighted the difference in attitude towards front line troops shown by Moscow and Kyiv.

"Ukrainian have repeatedly highlighted Ukraine's efforts to utilise technological innovations and asymmetric strike capabilities to offset Ukraine's manpower limitations in contrast with Russia's willingness to accept unsustainable casualty rates for marginal territorial gains," ISW said.
Russian military losses in full-scale invasion of Ukraine have exceeded 750,000 Russian soldiers, expected to surpass 1 mil Russian within six mths, U.K. Under-Secretary of Defense Luke Pollard said on Dec. 19.

U.K.'s latest estimate with figures as of Dec. 19, sits at 768,220 troops lost since the start of the war, figures do not specify killed or wounded, overall consensus is that it includes dead, wounded, missing, and captured. He"It is highly likely they have sustained significant combat casualties, only achieving limited tactical gains," Pollard told British parliamentarians on Dec. 19.

Russia has gained ground in eastern Ukraine and Kursk Oblast in recent months but at the cost of heavy casualties. Russian losses reached record highs in November and December, with a daily high of 2,030 troops lost in November, marking the highest daily loss since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian losses exceeded 45,000 troops and $3 billion worth of equipment in November.

President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed in a rare statement. Ukraine had lost 43,000 soldiers on battlefield since start of Russia's full invasion.

Ukraine is developing numerous new types of drone systems. Military tech developers created a new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with ability to carry explosives & drive under armored vehicles, project's spoke, sperson, Viktoriia Kovalchuk, told Business Insider on Oct. 25. The UGV, named Ratel S or Honey Badger, was developed as part of Brave1 govt initiative was launched in April to invest in defense tech innovations that can be utilized by Ukrainian military, as well as serve as a platform to connect the industry's stakeholders. "The main idea is robot (Ratel S) is used as mobile warhead that carries anti-tank mines or other explosive devices," said Kovalchuk, adding can run for 40–50 minutes at an average speed or for up to 2-hours at a slower speed.

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