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Ukrainian AI Drones Hit Russian Fuel and Ammunition Sites up to 150 km Behind Lines
Upgraded Ukrainian drones with jamming resistance and autonomous targeting hit fuel depots, ammunition dumps and command posts throughout May. Strikes on tanker trucks rose 40 percent and destroyed air-defense launchers more than doubled.
Jun 12, 1:43 AM·1m read2 sources
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Ukrainian forces used upgraded medium-range strike drones with AI guidance to attack Russian supply lines in occupied Ukraine throughout May. The drones reached targets up to 150 kilometers beyond the front lines and struck fuel depots, ammunition dumps and command posts.
The upgraded models resist electronic jamming and possess autonomous targeting capabilities, according to Ukrainian officials and a Russian involved with the industry.
A Ukrainian soldier was photographed controlling a drone during a training flight in eastern Ukraine. Strikes on Russian tanker trucks rose 40 percent in May compared with the previous month, a Bloomberg analysis of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence data shows. The number of Russian air-defense launchers destroyed more than doubled during the same period.
Occupying forces on the Crimea peninsula are running short of fuel. The article was published on June 12, 2026.
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