After three years war to Ukraine Weapons evolve with technology getting into battle and creating new threats.
Such a threat comes from fiber optic drones that have been entered for good In the war in Ukraine, with the soldiers invited to adapt to the changes.
According to the BBC this new weapon that uses fiber visualis a drone that features a spool with tens of kilometers cable mounted at the bottom of the unmanned aircraft and connected to the operator.
“The video and control signal is transmitted to and from the unmanned aircraft through the cable and not through radio frequency. This means that it cannot be hampered by electronic intercept devices, “a” moderator “soldier, an unmanned aircraft engineer of the 68th Joger Brigade, told the BBC.
When unmanned aircraft began to be used in this war to a large extent, Both armies arranged their vehicles with electronic warfare systems that could neutralize them. However, this protection no longer exists due to unmanned fiber optical aircraft.
Russia, having thrown into battle, this weapon has changed the status of the war. That is why Ukraine is trying to increase production.
“Russia began to use unmanned fiber optic aircraft long before us, and we still tasted them. These drones can be used at lower levels From the usual unmanned aircraft, as we can enter homes and seek goals inside them, “Venia, a 68th Jerger Brigade operator, explained to the BBC.
“When you get into a position, you don’t know if they’ve identified you or not”
Unmanned fiber optic aircraft, however, have disadvantages, is slower than ordinary drones and the cable can be tangled on trees. But for the time being, their widespread use by Russia means that the transfer of soldiers to and from their positions can often prove to be more deadly.
“When you get into a position, you don’t know if they’ve identified you or not. And if they have identified you, then you may already live in the last hours of your life, “said everyone, the Archbishop of the 5th Brigade Recognition Unit.
This threat means that soldiers spend more and more time in their positions.
All and his men are infantry in the first -line trenches. It is now rare for journalists to get there, as it is too dangerous.
The BBC met them on a farmhouse, an improvised rest.
«I have stayed 31 days in place. But I know others who stayed 90 or 120. In the old days, the alternations were every 3 or 7 days, “says Maxim.
“War is blood, death, mud and a cold that freezes your body. I remember three days without sleep, on a constant alert. The Russians were coming to waves. A little mistake and we would be dead. “
It all added that Russia’s infantry has changed its tactics. “Earlier they attacked groups. Now they send only one or two people from time to time. They also use motorcycles and in a few cases, four -wheeled bicycles. Sometimes they slip».
This means that the front in some places is no longer purely separated and but more like chessboard pawns with the game being ongoing.
This also makes it harder to see the progress made on either side.
Despite Russia’s recent profits, it will not be quick or easy to occupy the entire Donetsk region, where Pokrovsk is.
Ukraine has backed hard, but it needs a steady supply of weapons and ammunition to continue the race, and as the war enters a quarter summer, Ukraine’s Human Resources IssuesAbout a much larger Russian army is also obvious.
Most of the soldiers with whom the BBC reporters spoke to the army after the start of the war. This means that they had a few months of training and had to learn a lot during the time of war.