Yas addressed a huge range of issues. He told us about what is working and what is not, Russia\u2019s new battlefield tactics, the problem with \u2018dragon drones<\/a>,\u2019 how they are putting their new fixed-wing SETH drones to use, how combat is morphing to war between robots, and why he is wary of operating unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) that are equipped with the ability to kill. The questions and answers have been slightly edited for clarity. You can catch up with his insights on the pros and cons of fiber-optic controlled FPV drones in our recent piece linked\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong>\u00a0Have the Russians changed the way they are operating, and if so, how?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, there are definitely changes. I cannot say that there are daily changes, but approximately every month, more or less, the enemy changes their tactics. And for example, we see fewer and fewer \u2018meat grinder\u2019 assaults, those cannon fodder assaults that the enemy was so famous for, and fewer motorized assaults. Instead, we see that the tactics change, and we spend more and more time trying to identify the enemy, trying to locate the enemy. So now they\u2019re using their small group tactics. They\u2019re infiltrating our positions, infiltrating our defense lines, and they are using our vulnerabilities. And I must say that from time to time, they do this successfully. Unfortunately, we still do not have a sufficient amount of reconnaissance drones in the air to cover every square meter of the territory. But the pilots of our reconnaissance drones do their best to detect the enemy and to carry out the main task. That is actually defined for our unmanned systems battalion, namely, to save as many lives of our infantrymen as possible and to prevent the infantry from entering combat, from entering the battle. Unfortunately, we are not always successful in carrying out this task, but we are doing our best. We are trying to create the so-called buffer zone, approximately one or two kilometers between the enemy lines and the positions of our infantry. And we mostly deal with striking the enemy\u2019s logistics, the enemy\u2019s communication. And in this case, we are preventing the enemy from fulfilling their aims and engaging our troops.<\/p>\n Q:\u00a0<\/strong>What\u2019s an attack that you are most proud of?<\/p>\n A:\u00a0<\/strong>I\u2019m mostly proud not of operations, but of people conducting those operations. So I do remember one of the most notable cases. Approximately one year ago, one of our men in one of the sectors destroyed a\u00a0TOS-2 [thermobaric rocket launcher<\/a>] system with the unmanned system. That was really notable.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2190445293-1024x683.jpg\")