World’s 1st dedicated drone force just went live in Ukraine to counter Russia

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World’s 1st dedicated drone force just went live in Ukraine to counter Russia
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Ukraine has taken a significant step forward by establishing an Unmanned Systems Force (USF) branch to counter Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy originally announced Ukraine’s intentions to create the USF back in February. However, it has now officially “gone live.”

The commander goes by the callsign “Borsuk,” which translates to “Badger,” and has been referred to as a legend of theBorsuk was the first to give the order to open fire on the Russian militants in April 2014 as they were seizing the Donetsk region. Since then,used small commercial drones, such as the DJI Mavic, for reconnaissance and dropping grenades. Later, they transitioned to using first-person view drones to attack enemy personnel and vehicles.

“This is the future. No one has yet used maritime drones before Ukraine,” Ukrainian MP Vadym Ivchenko said. According to, he added that Ukraine managed to defeat the Russian Black Sea fleet without having its own fully-fledged sea fleet.

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