Ukraine has become a war lab for the future since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion. As a result, Ukraine is at the forefront of military technology, leveraging robotics and automation to redefine modern warfare and serve as a testing ground for future combat technologies.

Desperately short of infantry, Kyiv is using aerial drones to pick off Russian infantry. It’s slowing, but not stopping, the Russian advance.

He highlighted staggering Russian losses - as in the last quarter of 2024 and early 2025, the aggressor state was losing 40,000 soldiers per month. Read also: ISW: Russia losing 96 soldiers for every square kilometer gained "The Russian army is in the red if we exclude mercenaries and North Korean troops,