Ukrainian volunteer Serhii Sternenko appointed adviser to defence minister on boosting UAVs use

Serhii Sternenko, Ukrainian volunteer, blogger and founder of charitable foundation that supplies FPV drones to the Ukrainian military, was appointed as an advisor to Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov on increasing the use of UAVs on the battlefield.

Source: Mykhailo Fedorov on social media

Quote: "I met with volunteer Serhii Sternenko. He recently spoke with the President – we are deepening cooperation to deliver the tasks set.

From now on, Serhii will be my adviser on increasing the use of UAVs on the front. His experience will help us implement our shared vision for improving the effectiveness of unmanned units".

Details: Fedorov listed several areas the Ministry of Defence needs to work on immediately: basic provision for drone units, supply (soldiers must receive effective weapons that work here and now), and analytics and effectiveness. Fedorov said that Sternenko's expertise will help on the latter.

Quote: "Right now, only 50 units out of 400 account for about 70% of all hits on the Russians.

Our goal is to help the other 350 grow quickly and significantly increase the scale at which the Russians are being wiped out. Additional training, analysis of operations, exchange of experience – we will improve all processes, relying on high-quality data from the battlefield and feedback from soldiers".

Background:

• On 2 January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed appointing First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov as the new Defence Minister.
• On 14 January, the Ukrainian Parliament approved Fedorov's appointment.
• On 20 January, Fedorov said one of Ukraine's strategic goals in the war was to inflict up to 50,000 losses on Russia per month to make the war unsustainable for it.

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