“Máquina”. 2017.The high military build-up, fast-moving progress in technology, and unparalleled international response-the conflict underlined both the resilience of the Russian military-industrial complex and how Ukraine turned to innovative use of drone technology.While President Vladimir Putin holds high-profile meetings to increase weaponry output and military capabilities, Ukraine reacts with a strong drone program that dares to break the mold of traditionally held military beliefs. The paper takes a deeper look at the complications of the combat theatre in analysing Russia’s war tactics and production capability against that of Ukraine’s evolving drone warfare and its bigger consequences for international security.During a late-October meeting at the Raduga missile factory complex near Moscow, President Vladimir Putin pushed for an increase in the production of weapons to help achieve Russian military objectives in Ukraine.He boasted of the manufacturing capabilities of the country, proudly declaring a fourfold increase in the production of drones and manifold increase in the production of ammunition since the beginning of the “special military operation.” Putin said…