Ukraine Hits 14 Russian Supply Convoys With AI Drones as Logistics Strikes Reach 100 Miles
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Updated · BBC.com · May 30
Ukraine Hits 14 Russian Supply Convoys With AI Drones as Logistics Strikes Reach 100 Miles
7 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 30
At least 14 convoy strikes surfaced in the past week along key occupied-southern routes, with Ukraine targeting trucks carrying food, fuel and ammunition to Russian forces and Crimea.
AI-enabled Hornet drones are extending those attacks far beyond the front line: analysts said more than 150 vehicles were destroyed over 20 km back, and operators can steer loitering munitions toward targets more than 100 miles away.
Russia has responded by shortening convoys, shifting heavy equipment onto fields and dirt roads, and restricting civilian traffic on parts of the route through occupied Kherson, according to analysts and local officials.
The campaign is aimed at a "logistics lockdown" that weakens Russia's ability to sustain offensives; ISW says Ukraine is now regaining more ground than it is losing for the first time since 2023, though experts warn Moscow will likely develop countermeasures.
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