NATO armies unprepared for drone wars, Ukraine commander warns


FILE PHOTO: Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi attends at an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine, February 19, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

(Reuters) - NATO armed forces are not ready for a modern drone war, the military commander in charge of Ukraine's unmanned systems warned, three years into a conflict with Russia in which both sides are pushing for a technological edge.

Kyiv is striving to stay ahead of the enemy, employing artificial intelligence, deploying more ground drones and testing lasers to bring down Russian unmanned aerial vehicles, said Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, head of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces.

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