Nowhere is this variation more consequential than in the category of one-way attack drones: systems designed not to return home like an airplane, but to fly directly into a target and destroy it, like a bullet or a missile.

Attacks on logistics have become a challenge not only for the military but also for businesses and Ukrainian Railways Attacks by Russian drones on transport are forcing Ukraine to change safety rules even for passengers.

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The capabilities of Ukraine’s defense industry amount to millions of FPV drones per year; these are our deep-strike weapons, our interceptors, and millions of shells. Ukraine has its own long-range missile weapons.

Larger drones are being converted into motherships for FPVs, but small guided munitions may be a more effective payload.

EADaily, April 15th, 2026. Russia plans to release more than 7 million FPV drones this year. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Lethal airborne threat is becoming a daily reality on the front lines – and the new way of warfare Antonia Langford is a reporter based in Kyiv who covers Ukraine and Russia. She has also written for The Times,

In modern conflict, the ability to build weapons systems quickly and cheaply is proving to be as important as technological sophistication.

By the end of 2025, Ukraine’s armed forces had taken delivery of more than 15,000 ground robotic systems and a record 3 million first-person-view strike drones, a production surge that has fundamentally changed how Kyiv equips the units doing the hardest fighting.