More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war has evolved into a grinding contest of attrition shaped as much by technology as by manpower. Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has claimed that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told him Russia is losing around 1,000 soldiers a day, with drones now responsible for the vast majority of battlefield casualties. The assertion highlights how cheap, mass-produced unmanned systems are increasingly reshaping modern warfare, turning the conflict into a high-tech stalemate where it is often easier to detect and destroy enemy forces than to advance or hold ground.
