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Ukraine's 'Highway of Death': How drones are strangling Russia's supply line

· Source: scrippsnews.com

In short

Ukraine has formalized a covert campaign into a declared $113 million 'logistics lockdown' targeting the R-280 highway, Russia's last overland supply route to Crimea and the southern front. Using AI-assisted autonomous drones that resist Russian electronic warfare, Ukraine has neutralized hundreds of Russian transport vehicles daily, causing severe fuel shortages in Crimea and supply starvation on the front lines. The campaign represents a strategic shift from targeting fixed infrastructure to sustained interdiction of a critical logistics artery.

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Tags: logistics, drones, AI, autonomy, supply chain, warfare

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