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Currently, Russia is just replenishing frontline losses rather than building up combat strength in several sectors, while heavy armor stays well behind the contact line, Viktor Trehubov, the spokesman for Ukraine’s Joint Forces said, as Russia’s Easter ceasefire continued to collapse under the weight of its own violations. Ukraine’s drone-dominated kill zone has fundamentally changed what armored warfare looks like on this front — reducing Russia’s tank and IFV advantage from a battlefield asset to a logistics problem that sits 20 km away from the positions it was built to overrun. Spokesman Viktor Trehubov told Ukrainian television that Russian forces on the directions his grouping covers are not massing for a new push. "Personnel is being replenished more than accumulated," Trehubov said — meaning Russia is replacing the losses from recent assault activity and restoring units to pre-offensive headcount, not concentrating fresh force. Heavy equipment usage is limited across the front, Trehubov said — and the reason is structural. "Such is the nature of modern warfare: through the large 20 km kill zone, equipment usually doesn’t get through — specifically tanks and IFVs," he noted. Motorcycles and quad bikes do cross the zone — but, as Trehubov put it, calling them military hardware is a stretch. The figure aligns with a pattern documented across the front. In February 2026, Ukraine’s former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi described the frontline as a "robotic kill zone" expanding throughout the war. Ukraine’s Drone Line, funded at $880 million and operational since March 2025, killed approximately 30,000 Russian soldiers in a single winter by creating continuous drone coverage along assault corridors. Russian tanks and IFVs have adapted with successive generations of anti-drone caging and armor, but crews have learned that getting detected in the kill zone generally means getting destroyed — which is why many vehicles now wait in underground shelters until assault orders arrive. So, the dominance of drones and Russia’s heavy losses of armored vehicles may lead to premature conclusions about the death of tanks in modern warfare. But in reality, drones aren’t displacing armored vehicles from the battlefield; they’re actually making them stronger. It’s just that the tactics used to deploy them need to change. This is what military analyst and retired British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon writes in an opinion piece for The Telegraph. In his publication, he examines, among other things, a recent incident in which Ukrainian troops captured a Russian position using only UAVs and ground drones. Recognizing this event as a significant milestone in the war in Ukraine and the evolution of military technology in general, the British expert urges caution against rushing to the conclusion that human beings are no longer needed on the front lines. Bretton-Gordon notes that while ground drones are capturing Russian positions in one sector of the front, in other areas Ukrainian tanks are successfully carrying out offensive missions in conditions of enemy drone densities. The analyst is not inclined to repeat the opinion of some of his colleagues who criticize the rearmament plans of NATO countries, which still rely on armored forces. "The European response is focused on quality. Poland is purchasing Leopard 2s and South Korean K2s, while the UK is advancing the Challenger 3 program. These aren’t just modernized tanks; they are components of a digitally integrated battlespace. To survive, let alone dominate, they must be equipped with sophisticated defensive systems, including active protection systems capable of countering threats from drones and missiles. Ukraine has demonstrated that such survivability is achievable," the expert writes. Bretton-Gordon believes that we are now witnessing the early stages of a doctrinal shift, in which tanks are not written off as obsolete weapons, but are being integrated into a single network complex with autonomous and remotely controlled reconnaissance and strike systems. "We’ve moved from a battlefield where relatively cheap drones destroyed multi-million-dollar tanks to one where properly protected armor can once again function. The conclusion is not that the tank is obsolete, but that it is evolving. Autonomous systems will remain, but so will heavy armor. The advantage will go to the side that best integrates, adapts, and innovates. The tank is dead. Long live the tank!" concludes Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
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