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De-Mechanizing and De-Populating the Front Line

De-Mechanizing and De-Populating the Front Line

UAV Technology is Making the Front Line Horrific

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Feb 10, 2025
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Hello All,

Building on this weekend’s update—on the importance of using machines to fight soldiers, I thought I would relay what I am hearing from a range of sources in Ukraine—which show just how dangerous the front line is now for vehicles and soldiers (of all sides). Its the reason Ukraine would be very wise not to try and pack the front with forces. There are growing indications and developments, from the Russian military being relentlessly de-mechanized to Ukrainians being attacked with Russian fibre-optic wire-controlled UAVs, that the UAV is continuing to transform the battlefield in a particularly horrific way. Its the side that adjusts to this reality the soonest that will have a huge advantage.

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De-Mechanizing Russian Advances.

The relentless de-mechanizing of the Russian army seems to have reached an extraordinary state. The Russians are (and I have heard this from a few Ukrainians) started using donkeys and horses more regularly to supply their front line force.

Russian Ministry of Defense Reportedly Deploys Donkeys for Frontline Logistics
Russian Supply Donkeys of the 21st Century

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