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Ukraine is the world's most intense laboratory for defence technology innovation — and the lessons are coming fast. Defence Forward goes inside Ukraine's fighting machine, bringing you unfiltered conversations with the founders building it, the operators using it, and the experts shaping what comes next. Hosted by cylindr Defence and the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation. For defence leaders, investors and anyone who needs to understand where modern warfare is heading.

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    Inside Ukraine's Deep Strike: Alexander Sukhoi on Data-Driven Warfare and 1500km Drone Strikes

    In March 2026, Ukraine launched more drones into Russian territory in a single month than Russia launched into Ukraine. The 1st Unmanned Aerial Systems Center accounts for more than half of that number. Oleksandr — the head of analytical department — explains the full chain: from mission order and logistics to post-mission reporting and how his team eliminates every bottleneck in between. The 1st Center is something unprecedented in military history. What started as a battalion in 2022 - the first unit in the world to operate drones simultaneously across tactical, operational, and strategic levels — has grown into a center-level structure launching thousands of drones per month. Oleksandr Sukhoi spent 25 years building software teams across Europe. Then in late 2024, he made the same choice as thousands of other Ukrainians: he traded his civilian career for military service. Today he heads the analytical department of the 1st Center - the unit responsible for more than half of all Ukrainian deep strikes into Russian territory. This is Episode №1 of Defence Forward podcast, where we go inside Ukraine's fighting machine. At peak impact, the 1st UAS Center had disrupted 30-40% of Russia's oil export capacity. Oleksandr explains the psychological dimension too: Russian propagandists openly started saying the war should end. That signal is tracked, measured, and factored into how operations are planned. ► Donate to 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center: https://1usc.army/en/aid/ USDT-TRC20 / BSC 0x4F7daE47c2a79E5627B57924Ff2fe5A7D165bb61 Solana 8NKuP5tmMpXDSLdSjUpHpabqnbrUn8rMjvc3abt1BsrJ BTC Bc1qlkxqhecmd2j4q957a27vzdaegesxenzt2qucwc ► Support Ukraine in the most efficient way with Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation: https://prytulafoundation.org/en Key moments: 00:00 Oleksandr Sukhoi: from IT to Ukraine's frontline 03:03 Joining the 1st Center 04:29 What data-driven deep strike actually means 05:43 The 1st Center: the most unique battalion in the world 07:14 Deep strike vs. mid strike: how the definitions are shifting 10:22 Effects on Russia: physical, economic and psychological 12:04 Russian countermeasures 14:06 Why Ukraine's operations are becoming more successful 17:08 Targeting logic: why you hit the same industry repeatedly 20:45 Drone interceptors: Ukraine's approach vs. Russia's 26:12 Vulnerability of US nuclear bases to drone swarms 29:50 Are we already in WWIII? Democracies vs. autocracies 31:05 R&D: fixing US drones that couldn't fly and the 5-day feedback loop #deepstrike #ukrainewar #defenceforward #defence #defencenews #ukrainerussiawar

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Ukraine is the world's most intense laboratory for defence technology innovation — and the lessons are coming fast. Defence Forward goes inside Ukraine's fighting machine, bringing you unfiltered conversations with the founders building it, the operators using it, and the experts shaping what comes next. Hosted by cylindr Defence and the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation. For defence leaders, investors and anyone who needs to understand where modern warfare is heading.

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