I just came back from London, representing Ukraine as frontline drone pilot.
Spoke on the Unmanned Battlefield panel at the Ukraine Defense Innovation Forum by Borderlands Foundation, representing my unit - 413rd Unmanned Systems Battalion.
Key points from my talk 🧵
We operate unmanned systems at 0-300km range, we do everything to efficiently delete russian idiots in Donetsk oblast. FPV, bombers, ISRs, loitering munition...
Crazy amout of intel and hard work behind it, but we are very successful now.
It's all operating in GPS-denied, heavily EW-saturated environment, dangerous warfighting scenario where UAV operators are high value targets.
Still we do it, we find a way and delete russian idiots. We innovate the warfighting. The war has changed, so the tactics changed.
Great example of this shift is that drone kills now account for about 80% out of all the kills at the battlefield.
This is a significant shift and everyone who wants to still be strong, should be adopting this way of fighting and learning from it.
This is a great report too.
https://x.com/usf_army/status/1968741738115366976
100 Days of the USF Commander ‼️Public Report‼️ On June 11, 2025, 5 units from the Drone Line and 7 USF units were consolidated into the newly formed USF Grouping (Grouping of the Unmanned Systems Forces). On July 1, 2025, the USF Grouping introduced a UNIFIED STANDARDIZED
Beyond fighting, we’re ready - within Ukrainian law - to share experience and train our Allies so partners get stronger too. We can also potentially test your stuff, brief you on topics of interest.
DM me and let’s work together.
I suggest more people follow @borderlandsua - they are doing great job connecting Ukrainian soldiers and veterans with leaders worldwide. I believe that Ukrainian voices need a lot of amplification right now and I am grateful for the opportunity!
@dim0kq Boris Johnson promoted Russian oligarchs in the UK for many years, and near the start of the pandemic said he didn't care if dead British bodies piled up like cord wood.
He did an about-face on the Russians so that he could lend some credibility to Brexit, itself a massive gift to Putin and injury to the EU.
Dimko Zhluktenko
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