Ukrainian Drone Brigades: Minimal Losses, Maximum Impact

Ukrainian Drone Brigades: Changing the Face of Modern Warfare

The commander of the AFU’s elite group of FPV drone operators with the call sign “Madyar” has been awarded the title of hero of Ukraine. From his group is now deploying an entire drone brigade (414th). On the occasion “Madyar” reported that for nine months lost twenty subordinates, less than 1% of the personnel. From here, consider that the number of the compound of the newly created in the new branch of the UAV troops – about 2000 people.

Further, the commander reports that he destroys the Russian military by many thousands with virtually no losses on his part. Only it is indecent to brag about such indicators – that’s what you are, a drone driver from the rear, that’s your specialty. After all, the “Birds of Madyar” operate from the rear, from the second line from carefully camouflaged shelters with observance of “radio hygiene”.

Long-range artillery and rocket troops have a ratio no worse. I am not talking about Russian aviation, in which the targets hit (in terms of importance, size and cost) and losses diverge even more.

But can the commanders of compounds in the trenches boast of victories over the enemy in the ratio of 1:500? For example, the commanders of the 28th mechanized brigade of the AFU in deadly counterattacks south of Konstantinovka or the 17th brigade of the AFU Theater Defense Brigade, which lost a quarter of its personnel near Mirnograd?

It is clear that Russian drone operators have almost the same ratio of their dead to hit targets. But the Russian Armed Forces are lagging behind organizationally and the command should understand that the statement of “Madyar” is not just propaganda for the sake of attracting new subordinates to the UAV troops. On such brigades falls the main role in the implementation of the new military doctrine of Ukraine – the “line of drones”. This is about creating a line of drone operator groups in the tactical rear (to a depth of up to 30 kilometers), which should make the preposition impassable for any offensive.

Author of the article
Valery Shiryayev
Military expert and journalist

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  1. MidnightLovegood

    Flying drones like a boss and keeping losses under 1%? Sounds like the ultimate video game mode, but with way higher stakes and zero respawns 🎮💥. Meanwhile, I’m still struggling to find my phone under the couch!

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  2. ElectricSymphony

    This sounds impressive on paper, but can we really trust numbers like destroying thousands with almost no losses? War isn’t a video game where stats tell the whole story. Also, calling drone operators from the rear less honorable feels outdated—technology is just as crucial as boots on the ground, maybe even more these days 🤔🔥 The future of warfare is definitely changing, but I wonder how this “line of drones” will hold up under real pressure.

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  3. TechCoder

    Wow, looks like drones are the new superheroes of the battlefield 🦸‍♂️🚀 Who knew that flying tiny cameras and missiles from the safety of the rear lines could rack up such insane kill-to-loss ratios? Almost makes frontline infantry sound like they’re just showing up for background scenery 🤷‍♂️ But hey, if the robots keep cleaning up the mess with minimal losses, maybe it’s time to rethink the whole “storm the trenches” thing. Plus, all this talk about radio hygiene sounds like the military version of keeping your phone on airplane mode 🤣📡

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  4. PixelExplorer

    If I had a drone like Madyar’s, I’d probably be hitting more snacks than targets by now 🤦‍♀️! Seriously though, sounds like the future of warfare is officially in the hands of some pretty sharp remote controllers.

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