Ukrainian Drone Pilot 'Sets Record' With 12-Mile Hit on Russian Tank

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Ukrainian Drone Pilot 'Sets Record' With 12-Mile Hit on Russian Tank
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Kyiv has poured resources into cultivating its 'army of drones' in the air, on the ground, and on the water.

A Ukrainian drone pilot has set a new 'record' for striking a Russian tank nearly a dozen miles behind the front lines of fighting, according to a new report.An unnamed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle operator 'incapacitated a Russian tank' 18 kilometers, or just under 12 miles, from the current front line in a 22-kilometer strike, The Economist reported on Sunday.

Yet the drones, and the counter-drone technology growing alongside them, remain a constant and abundant presence on the battlefield in the 20-month old war between Kyiv and Moscow.Drones 'are the super weapon here,' Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs, told Newsweek in February. The sentiment has held true in the many months of warfare since.

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