Russian Forces Shift to Low-Altitude, Manually Controlled Drone Strikes to Evade Air Defenses

Russian forces are shifting from mass drone swarms to isolated, complex, manually controlled strikes, according to Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov. A recent incident involved a Shahed drone descending to 22 meters to evade radar and interceptors. Early Saturday morning, July 18, Russia launched 90 drones and seven missiles, with Ukrainian air defenses destroying 69 drones and one missile.