Drones are ammo now, not assets. The old USMC manual stresses retrieving the expensive US drone, cleaning it, and putting it back in its protective case. Ukraine expects to produce 4 million drones this year, and most of them will be expended.

Everybody in that war is getting good at building trenches with top cover for drone protection.[1] Camo netting up top can help. But the dug-in troops can't accomplish much beyond survival. This war is static but deadly.

[1] https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-marines-trenches-drones...