‘In Real Life They Would Have Been Dead’: Ukrainian Drone Teams ‘Destroy’ Swedish Forces in NATO Drill
- Ukrainian drone operators acting as attackers repeatedly overwhelmed Swedish troops during NATO military exercises on Gotland, resulting in multiple pauses to improve tactics.
- The exercise simulated sabotage and resource shortages on Gotland, a strategically important Baltic island between Sweden and Russia's Kaliningrad region, testing responses before potentially invoking NATO's Article 5,.
- Swedish Chief of Defense General Michael Claesson emphasized the need for Western militaries to rapidly integrate Ukraine's drone warfare tactics, urging faster adaptation based on Ukrainian experiences,.
- The drills reflect broader concerns about NATO cohesion amid Russian pressure and US policy shifts, highlighting the importance of survivability and detection in modern drone combat,.
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A large-scale military exercise in Sweden has become a sobering lesson for NATO. Invited Ukrainian drone pilots, who played the role of enemy in the maneuver, declassified the international forces and provided a bitter reality check ... In case of emergency, the Western troops would have been dead, the news agency AP reported. The press company was allowed to observe the exercise. This wake-up call comes at a time when Russia's threat and uncert…
If this were real life, they would already be dead: Ukrainian drone pilots force NATO drills on Gotland to stop three times
Ukrainian FPV drone operators invited to international NATO exercises Aurora 2026 on the Swedish island of Gotland effectively overwhelmed Swedish Army units during combat simulations. The exercises had to be paused several times because Western troops could not adapt quickly enough to the pace of modern drone warfare, the Associated Press reports. Sweden’s chief of defense, General Michael Claesson, says that control of the island means contr…
Aurora 26 became a wake-up call for Sweden. When Swedish forces were to practice against Ukrainian drone pilots on Gotland, it was a disaster.
In a military exercise simulating an attack on a new NATO member, the Ukrainians completely outclassed the Swedish army, which showed fundamental shortcomings in its ability to counter drone warfare. The AP agency reports this, citing its sources. This is not the first report this year about the significant superiority of Ukrainian soldiers over Western ones in the use of drones.
NATO decided to listen to Ukrainians during exercises. Ukrainian troops "defeated" a simulated enemy using drones during NATO exercises held in Sweden, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing an AP report. Read also: Rutte called on NATO countries to allocate additional billions to Ukraine, according to Politico. A group of Ukrainian drone pilots, invited to teach Western militaries how to win with drones, destroyed Swedish troops during exercises that wer…
Ukrainian drone pilots seem to have given Nato soldiers a lesson. In one exercise they dominated.
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