Incredible bravery of girls footie team who play as they dodge drones in Ukraine

Incredible bravery of girls footie team who play as they dodge drones in Ukraine

PARENTS stare nervously at the sky, scanning it for Russian drones as their children practise penalties during football training. But distant artillery fire brings an abrupt end to spot kicks for the U12 girls’ team of Krystal Kherson FC in Ukraine’s most dangerous city. AFPThe U12 girls’ team of Krystal Kherson FC play football in the war-torn frontline city, despite Putin’s daily bombings[/caption] APKherson resembles an almost post-apocalypti…

REVIEW: Girls Who War

Rating: 4.5 out of 5. A bugle call of biting British wit What would you do if you received a government letter telling you to enlist? Would you valiantly answer the call for King and country? Or would you descend into petty squabbles and cruel clapbacks to save your skin? When three young women in a flat share receive a letter informing them to nominate a poor soul to fight in an unnamed war, personalities clash with bitterness, desperation and…

The war in Ukraine has become a laboratory of the modern battlefield, where technology plays a role as important as a soldier with a rifle. One of the most striking symbols of this war are drones. Their massive use by both sides of the conflict forced the Ukrainian command to rethink the entire structure of the armed forces and create a formation that will fully focus on unmanned combat systems. This is how the Unmanned Systems Forces were born.

Unmanned advantage: Russia’s drones and the fight for ISTAR in Ukraine

From wedding photographers with DJI Mavics, to Lancets and Z-16 reconnaissance drones, the Ukrainian conflict has witnessed an unprecedented proliferation … mehr... The post Unmanned advantage: Russia’s drones and the fight for ISTAR in Ukraine appeared first on European Security & Defence.