Drones can lay mines, deliver everything from ammunition to medication and even evacuate wounded or dead soldiers. Crucially, drones spot any movement along the front line and are dispatched to strike enemy troops and vehicles.

When China began to restrict the import of its commercial drones to Kyiv, Ukraine’s indigenous industry stepped in, producing analogs comparable in size and capability.

The front line in the war in Ukraine is increasingly faltering, and the reason is the rapid development and massive supply of drones. As The Wall Street Journal writes, drones now dominate the battlefield, preventing soldiers on both sides from leaving their hiding places under threat of annihilation.