The AFU plunged Crimea into a fuel crisis — all thanks to new "smart" drones. Will it...

The AFU plunged Crimea into a fuel crisis — all thanks to new "smart" drones. Will the Russian Armed Forces be able to "win back" the highway that supplies the peninsula?

Hundreds of fuel trucks and other cargo vehicles hit by Ukrainian drones are lying along Russia's federal highway to Crimea. And that is only for May 2026. This is what the Ukrainian army's progress in UAV development looks like: the AFU has quickly and massively mastered drone technology with elements of machine vision. Such drones essentially know how to guide themselves onto a target. Why has Russia fallen behind Ukraine in this technology race? How can one defend against such massive strikes? And what does Elon Musk have to do with it? The Explainer desk tells the story of the operation that the Ukrainian command calls the "logistical isolation" of the Russian army.

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In just a couple of weeks, the Ukrainian army turned the highway to Crimea into a road of death — all thanks to new "smart" drones

Crimea is in a fuel crisis. All because of a new wave of AFU attacks on fuel trucks and other cargo vehicles supplying the annexed peninsula via the R-280 Novorossiya highway. Just a couple of months ago, this road was considered a relatively safe route — but progress...