Ukraine’s small frontline drone units are increasingly shaping the wider war, a shift underscored by a recent 24-hour campaign near the embattled town of Toretsk in Donetsk region. In a single day, the Feniks unmanned aerial systems unit of the State Border Guard Service used first-person-view drones to destroy a Russian BTR-70 armored personnel carrier,

Russia has particularly targeted the Ukrainian capital, with waves of missiles and drones aimed at electrical and heating infrastructure. Weather forecasts predict at least another 10 days of sub-zero temperatures, as Kyiv is blanketed in thick ice and snow, and the mighty Dnipro river that bisects the city has frozen over.