In January, Ukrainian drones hit or destroyed 7% more targets than in December.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi announced this on his Facebook page, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"In January, 66% of Russian equipment was disabled specifically as a result of the work of strike UAVs of various types. In general, during the reporting month, our drones hit or destroyed 7% more targets than in December. The largest share of hits (49%) falls on FPV drones," he said.
Syrskyi said that he held a meeting on the development of unmanned systems and electronic warfare based on the results of the first month of 2025, he emphasized the need to improve the interaction of UAV units with combined arms units.
He also heard reports on the status of the acquisition of capabilities of the Unmanned Systems Forces units, in particular the reorganisation of regiments into brigades, the increase in the unmanned component in mechanised brigades, as well as on the latest models of electronic warfare systems and their compatibility with UAVs.
Syrskyi also reported that the development of the Concept of the use of a separate brigade of unmanned systems of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and some other organizational elements for the development of the Unmanned Systems Forces is in the final stage.
He paid special attention to the intelligence report on the formation by the enemy of a new type of troops – the troops of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of the russian federation.
"We know about the enemy's intentions and its specific plans, which envisage 210,000 servicemen of the Unmanned Systems Forces in 277 military units and subdivisions by 2030. But in this war, the initiative in the direction of unmanned systems belongs to us," he noted.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Syrskyi previously reported that in 2024, the Ukrainian military hit 13,000 artillery systems of the russian invaders, which is more than in the previous two years of full-scale invasion combined.
According to Syrskyi, February will be difficult for the Ukrainian army, but it will also be difficult for the enemy.
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