The decision to appoint Colonel General Denis Lyamin, Chief of Staff of the Battlegroup Center, to the position of commander of the Russian unmanned systems forces reflects close interaction between unmanned systems used by the Russian army and the ground forces, Denis Fedutinov, a leading unmanned aerial vehicle expert, told TASS. However, overall, such an appointment may reflect close interaction of the army’s unmanned systems with the ground forces," Fedutinov said. The expert emphasized that the question of whether unmanned systems should be assigned to the ground forces or air forces had previously been raised. He added that small unmanned systems are currently prevalent in the armed forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Lyamin’s appointment to the position of commander of the Russian unmanned systems forces earlier on Wednesday.