Subject: Re: The changing winds of war
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British Defence Intelligence Update Ukraine 20 August 2025

On 12 June 2025 Russian President Putin reportedly stated that the development and deployment of a separate branch of specific uncrewed systems forces within the Russian ArmedForces was currently taking place.

Open source reporting indicates Russian children and young people are being taught and trained in the operation andtechnical underpinnings of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) atmore than 500 schools in Russia, as well as 30 colleges with practical training centres. More than 2,500 teachers are reported to have been trained to teach in this field. This forms part of Russia’s Minister of Education and Science Valery Falkov’s May 2024 stated intention to have trained one million UAS specialists by 2030.

Jeff