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Ukraine’s drone blitz loses its edge as Russian invasion advances

In this file photo, a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is displayed during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 20, 2021. The drones, which carry lightweight, laser-guided bombs, carried out unexpectedly successful attacks in the early stages of Ukraine's conflict with Russia. But that edge is rapidly evaporating, researchers and military observers say, as fresh Russian anti-drone systems arriving on the front lines of the bloody slog in the eastern Donbas region are making the unmanned craft far less effective. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) **FILE**

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The early weeks of the war in Ukraine were dominated by social media posts showing Russian tanks decimated by small, cheap drones that helped level the playing field and largely negated Moscow’s massive advantage in manpower and equipment.

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