1、July 2022 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A.Cleared for Public Release DOP-DOP-2022-U-032953-FinalCNA Occasional Paper|1 Russian Military Autonomy in Ukraine:Four Months In Samuel Bendett and Jeffrey Edmonds Four months into the war in Ukraine,the Russian military has failed to achieve its original objective
2、s of quickly taking Kyiv,the capital of the country,and installing a pro-Russian regime.Ukraines organized and effective resistance has pushed Russian forces out of the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions.Despite heavy casualties,the Russian military has launched a second major offensive to consolidate and exp
3、and control of the areas it holds in Donbas,in order to control all of the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.1 Throughout this conflict,unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)and drones have played an important part in each armys tactics.This paper highlights what we have seen to date regarding the use of unmanned
4、 and autonomous vehicles.It follows an earlier CNA paper outlining the possible Russian military systems we expected to see in this war.2 Military and commercial UAV use:commercial drones emerge as a key combat multiplier Currently,both Russian and Ukrainian forces are using military drones to strik
