Overview

• Reuters witnessed three Russian kamikaze drone attacks within an hour in Kramatorsk, with blasts damaging a market and a car as some residents chose to stay.
• Thousands of unmanned aircraft operate over more than 1,000 kilometers of front, turning even small infantry movements and urban life into high‑risk tasks.
• Faster FPV and fiber‑optic drones that are harder or impossible to jam have intensified a technological duel as both sides expand jammers, detectors and protective measures.
• Supply routes are fraying, with the main road from Pokrovsk cut, the usual northern approach compromised, and drivers diverting off the M‑03 where signs warn of FPV attacks.
• Kramatorsk and Sloviansk remain key Ukrainian strongpoints while Russia holds nearly all Luhansk and Ukraine retains about 25% of Donetsk, as polls show 75% reject ceding Donbas and Kyiv urges tougher sanctions that President Trump has resisted.