How Ukraine blinded Russia’s drones: Operation Vivaldi explained | The Economist
The Russia-Ukraine war is airborne. With Operation Vivaldi, Ukraine found a way to advance by blinding their enemy’s drones—but risked geopolitical fallout.
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Ukraine spent months mapping where Russia’s drone crews operated and how they were resupplied, then hit their supply nodes, headquarters and operators.
Alex Turner, The Economist’s defence editor joins David Rennie, our geopolitics editor, to discuss how drones changed modern war. They explore how the operation worked, why Ukraine is now striking deep inside Russia and whether hitting oil refineries was a mistake.
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00:00 What Ukraine’s front line looks like
00:36 How Ukraine blinded Russia’s drones
02:03 Mid-range strikes and the squeeze on Crimea
04:24 Deep strikes inside Russia and Ukraine
08:12 Did Ukraine make a mistake?
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