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Posted on: April 1, 2025 at 07:34:12 CT

"Nine times out of ten, the wounded owe their injuries to a drone attack — whether an FPV kamikaze drone, an aerial “drop” (a grenade, mine, or incendiary device), or a drone used to guide mortar fire, among others. Drones are everywhere now, far outnumbering men at the front. It’s no longer safe to step out into the open — not in daylight, not even after dark. Soldiers have to stay hidden at all times in dugouts or camouflaged foxholes covered with branches.

My bus companion describes the situation:

There’s always a ****in’ drone hanging up there — the air’s buzzing non-stop. One comes, and the next one replaces it, just hovering for hours. And every hour or so, like clockwork, an FPV drops in, just in case. They dive right into the gunports. And if they don’t nail you — they just crash into the junk outside, it doesn’t matter. They watched us all day, waiting for any wounded to crawl out. We pick off their guys; they pick off ours. One of our flanking units had a house — the FPVs shredded it. There’s nothing left, not even ruins. I kept yelling to the guys, but nobody answered on comms…"