Ukrainian activist Serhii Sternenko to advise defence minister on boosting drone use

Serhii Sternenko, a Ukrainian volunteer, blogger and founder of a charity that supplies FPV drones to the Ukrainian military, has been appointed as an advisor to Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov with regard to increasing the use of UAVs on the battlefield.

Source: Mykhailo Fedorov on social media

Quote: "I met with the volunteer Serhii Sternenko. He recently spoke with the president – we are deepening our cooperation to deliver on the objectives set.

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

Details: Fedorov listed several areas that the Ministry of Defence needs to work on immediately: basic provision for drone units; supply (troops must receive effective weapons that work here and now); and analytics and performance. Fedorov said Sternenko's expertise will help with 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 wiped out. Providing additional training, analysing operations, sharing 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 that First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov be appointed 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 is to inflict up to 50,000 casualties on Russia per month to make the war unsustainable for Russia.

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