Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief talks to UAV units about broader use of drones – photos

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, met with commanders of UAV combat units to discuss the wider use of drones at the line of contact. 

Source: Oleksandr Syrskyi on Facebook

Quote from Syrskyi: "I held a regular working meeting with the participation of the most effective UAV units commanders who go by the aliases of Magyar, Achilles, Pharmacist, Flint, Dym (Smoke), Charlie, Guru, K-2 and others. Some commanders joined us online in the field.

We are continuing to work on scaling up the experience of successful use of all types of UAVs at the line of contact." 

Details: Syrskyi said the Armed Forces' current task is "to be technologically one step ahead of Russia both in hitting targets with drones and in defending [themselves] against them," as the lives of the military depend on it. 

Quote from Syrskyi: "[The use of] Unmanned systems is one of the most dynamic areas where changes are happening every day, and we have no right to lag behind. We have a clear action plan. Joint work continues," the Commander-in-Chief summed up.

 Background:

• In June, it became known that Vadym Sukharevskyi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, had been appointed Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• On 7 May, the Cabinet of Ministers (Ukrainian government) had backed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's draft decree, prepared by the Ministry of Defence jointly with the General Staff, on the creation of a separate branch of the Armed Forces – the Unmanned Systems Forces.

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