Despite the changes in warfare, Russian forces retain the ascendancy and are making slow but steady advances in the east and north of Ukraine. Russia has also caught up in UAV technology after falling behind early in the war, according to military analysts, and like its enemy is churning out drones domestically at a rate of millions a year.

Officials within the Ukrainian Government have reportedly defied President Donald Trump and attacked several targets close to the Russian capital of Moscow and St. Petersburg. It was announced Thursday by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin that Russian air defenses had shot down three drones approaching the capital between 2-3 a.