His company produces the "Upyr," or "Ghoul," a first-person-view attack drone used by Russian forces in Ukraine. "When you can't take out all the distributed infrastructure, drone manufacturing leadership becomes the primary target," Chell said. UKRAINE’S BATTLEFIELD IS TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE OF NATO"Because drone technology evolves rapidly — often with significant iterations occurring every 10 to 30 days — targeting a key engineer, founder, or product lead creates immediate operational disruptions on the battlefield." "The Russian tactics tend to be much more state-organized, using old Cold War tactics: low-level contacts, extensive intelligence and surveillance ahead of time, and inserting into other countries like Germany," he said. "The Russians have a long-standing, well-established intelligence infrastructure dating back to World War II and the Cold War."