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Conversely, Ukraine has become a battlefield innovator. Despite Russia’s reliance on Iranian-style Shahed suicide drones, Kyiv’s creative use of technology has garnered global attention. Notably, Ukrainian military forces successfully destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet in the Black Sea using a marine drone, and executed an 800-mile raid deep into Russian territory, targeting an anti-aircraft missile plant—a feat dubbed Operation Spiderweb. This operation employed 117 AI-guided, precision-armed Ukrainian drones, revealing a high level of operational sophistication that surprised even Ukraine's allies.