The course of Russia’s war against Ukraine has turned the tables. It is no longer NATO that indirectly provides support to kyiv in its sustained defense of national sovereignty and geography against the invasion of Russian troops.
Now, the lessons Ukraine is giving on the battlefieldby land and especially by air with their droneshas served for .
A report from the national media Kvyv Independent shows how Ukrainian troops participated in the recent NATO military exercises in Swedenthe so-called Aurora 2026. In them, the European country’s drones had a mission: to simulate attacks.
His work was carried out successfully, so much so that forced to modify parts of the military maneuvers given the new boost offered by Ukrainian drones and pilots.
Upon returning from the maneuvers, the Ukrainian newspaper was able to speak with several pilots of the 20th Brigade “Lubart” of the National Guard of Ukrainebelonging to First Azov Corps.
In a casual tone, but without ceasing to tell the facts, the Ukrainian military gave a glimpse of how their actions They exposed the weaknesses of NATO’s approach to drone war exercises.
Regarding the present and the future, the military considers that Ukraine can strengthen Western powers and even to the Atlantic alliance based on its greater technical and tactical development with drones. This matter has major international analysts paying attention to Ukraine’s performance, in some actions.
From those exercises there is a scene that the soldiers interviewed by Kvyv Independentto the point of talking about a “fun” moment. It was during a simulated attack with a Mavic drone. It was at a time when the tanks advanced until they were very close to the Ukrainian position.
In that scenario, they flew a drone at a low altitude, near one of the huge tanks. Given the opportunity to attack, a soldier got out of the tank and decided to open fire upwards, with the aim of shooting down the drone with a machine gun. “He shot everywhere and it was funbecause the tank started to retreat but he kept pointing and shooting at us,” they added with a smile.
“It had nothing to do with reality. The tank soldier thought we might shoot him and that’s why he tried to destroy us, to shoot us… but “A tank shooting at a Mavic-type drone is like trying to kill a fly with a machine gun,” they conclude, remembering the scene..
