Ukraine is losing 10,000 drones a month to Russian electronic-warfare systems that send fake signals and screw with their navigation, researchers say

A new assessment of Russia’s military capabilities on the front line estimated that its forces were taking down about 10,000 Ukrainian drones every month. Electronic warfare is a “critical component” of Russia’s tactics and contributing to the staggering losses of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, a report released Friday by the UK’s Royal United Services Institute found. The figures — which amount to more than 300 drones a day — were attributed to three unnamed Ukrainian officers interviewed in April and May. The report did not specify which models comprised the claimed losses or in what proportion, but James Patton Rogers, a University of Southern Denmark war-studies professor and drone expert, told Insider the majority of those being lost were relatively cheap, small commercial drones used for surveillance. The estimations indicate the unprecedented scale at which UAVs are being used in Ukraine, he said, adding that this was “one of the world’s first…