PhD student Faculty Military Sciences Breda | Leiden University | interests: influence, intelligence, drones | BA History Utrecht, MA Military Strategic Studies Breda
Latest article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2026.2669810
Peter Schrijver
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Russia is swarming the front lines with thousands of cheap Molniya drones, launching relentless attacks every minute to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses.
I grew up in Northern Ireland during the conflict. I was nearly murdered once and hospitalised twice. I covered the Troubles as a reporter. Be in no doubt: this is frightening & real. Violence in Northern Ireland is of a type that folk in England, Scotland and Wales don’t understand. This scares me.
On my last visit to Kyiv, @luciankim.bsky.social & I were struck by a somewhat different tone among Ukrainians. New developments have made many of those we met with cautiously optimistic, even as they expect war to continue, & substantial challenges also remain. We lay out what we learned here:
Why is Russia so vulnerable to Ukraine's mid-range drone attacks? Russian drone developer Alexey Chadayev says that it's due to an ongoing and still unresolved series of Russian failures in developing new interceptor drones and anti-drone capabilities. ⬇️
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A Russian Molniya drone may launch every minute along the front. Ukraine faces an unprecedented challenge from thousands of cheap UAVs.
After four-plus years of war, Ukraine aims to show it can inflict more pain than Russia is willing to absorb to achieve the Kremlin’s objectives. Ukrainians increasingly believe that this goal is atta...
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Neil Mackay
Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her)
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Russian soldiers jump from the back of a moving UAZ Bukhanka one after another as a Darts strike drone, operated by the K-2 unit, dives in for the hit.
