Enter the kill zone: Ukraine's drone-infested front slows Russian advance

FILE PHOTO: Nazar, 33, a Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Chorni Zaporozhtsi Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, prepares a first-person view (FPV) drone to launch it towards Russian troops, during the unilaterally proposed three-day ceasefire declared by Russia, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a frontline in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

KYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) -"Drones, drones, drones. Only drones. A lot of drones."

A weary Ukrainian platoon commander speaks to the transformed nature of modern warfare as he's medically evacuated from the front lines.