In January Ukrainian drones killed and wounded more Russian soldiers than Moscow recruited

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has said unmanned units from Ukraine's defence forces killed or wounded nearly 29,700 Russian soldiers in January – a month in which Moscow added 22,000 troops to its ranks.

Source: Syrskyi on Facebook

Quote: "We're on the right track. In January, unmanned units from Ukraine's defence forces reduced the Russian army by almost 29,700 service members, while the enemy managed to recruit only 22,000 people that month.

This is the difference we're aiming for: to wipe out more soldiers than Russia can put into service. This demonstrates the effectiveness of our unmanned systems, which, if further expanded, will force Moscow to end its war of aggression."

Details: Syrskyi was holding his monthly meeting on unmanned systems development and combat missions and the use of new technologies in this field.

He reported that in January, unmanned aerial systems units struck 66,000 targets, ground robotic systems carried out nearly a quarter more missions than in December, and Ukraine continues to maintain the edge in the use of first-person view drones.

"However, in many areas of unmanned systems, the enemy is at least keeping pace," Syrskyi added.

According to a report by a representative of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, this year the Russians plan to increase the size of their unmanned forces by 79,000 personnel, bringing the total to 165,000.

Syrskyi said Ukraine will continue to expand the unmanned component of its assault forces. Additional unmanned systems battalions will be added to the structure of separate assault regiments, and efforts to strengthen the unmanned component within Territorial Defence brigades will also continue.

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