Patrick Bury
speaker
138 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 6 Sep
Patrick Bury’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 1.
Appearances
The the the main targets I think.
And there's obviously myriad under belief that you can intimidate people who are of a maybe pro-Ukrainian um overt persuasion and making you know statements like that.
Uh any kind of defense industries that are supplying parts to the Ukrainians, uh even though there's been of course a lot of uh controversy about you know alumna uh going to the Russians, etcetera.
So um they
They're the kind of targets that the Russians and there's a there's a wave of sabotage and intimidation going on.
It's intensified over the summer in Europe, multiple locations, usually tied to defence industries um or politics, uh and that's what they're they're they're targeting.
And again, anything to embarrass the Irish during the presidency uh or during Trump's visit um would all be seen as cheap, easy wins for um the Russians.
The war in Ukraine is entering a new phase where technology is increasingly defining the fight.
From drone swarms to unmanned ground vehicles, Kyiv is reshaping how wars are waged in real time.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said some positions are now being recaptured without troops on the ground, taken instead by coordinated drone and robotic systems.
So what does it mean for the conflict and indeed for the future of warfare and the future of defense spending?
I'm joined now by Patrick Bury, defense expert at the University of Bath.
Patrick, good morning.
Good morning, Pat.
Now, first of all, you might bring us up to date on the state of the war where, you know, it's off the headlines because of what's going on in Iran and other international events, the oil crisis and so on.
So what is happening on the front lines in Ukraine?
First off, it's good to actually cover it because it has, as you said, dropped off completely.
Basically, what has happened in the recent last six months, which is about the innovation cycles and technology that we're seeing from the Ukrainians and then the Russians later on copy them, is the Ukrainians have developed across the front line a drone wall, which is basically persistent drone coverage for about 40 to 60 kilometers in depth over the front line.
And then with that, they've changed their targeting.
So instead of just trying to kill Russian soldiers, which Russians obviously have a lot of, the Ukrainians have worked out that it's better if they target the logistics, the command and control, and crucially, the Russian drone operators.
Showing 21–40 of 138 · page 2 of 7
← Previous
Next →