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Ukrainian officials report that drone coverage has widened the area near the front where vehicles and troops face elevated risk of detection and attack. The zone now reaches up to 50 kilometers deep in places, compared with 10 to 20 kilometers reported in August 2025.
Ukrainian officials described an expanding area along the front line where drones make movement by troops, vehicles, and equipment highly dangerous. Davyd Aloian, deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said at a drone summit in Latvia that the zone reaches 50 kilometers in some sectors.
He called it "a kill zone of drones, it's a dead zone" where vehicles are destroyed within minutes. Oleksandr Mischenko, Ukraine's deputy minister of foreign affairs, gave a range of 20 to 40 kilometers. He said drones have fundamentally changed warfare and are making large-scale offensives more difficult.
Zelenskyy previously described the same area as a "death zone" where tanks and armored vehicles burn after entering. In August 2025 he said the zone spanned 10 to 20 kilometers. Dmytro "Liber" Zhluktenko, a lessons-learned analyst with Ukraine's 413th Unmanned Systems Regiment, told Business Insider the zone is widening.
He noted that risks increase closer to the direct front line but said some positions inside the zone have been held for extended periods. Ukraine's defense ministry announced last year a project called "Drone Line" that uses specialized units to create a dense drone barrier intended to inflict heavy losses on advancing forces.
Russian forces are reported to be using similar tactics. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War wrote last month that the saturation of tactical strike and reconnaissance drones has created an expanding area of elevated risk. They said neither side has been able to mass forces within 30 kilometers of the front for a major breakthrough.
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