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Sometimes officers from a neighbouring unit arrive at the headquarters of a more advanced brigade with a paper map and outdated management approaches. They are then told that this is not the way to go and are taught how to use Delta and other tools to gather intelligence. After that, these commanders often become 'ISTAR witnesses' or at least adopt some of the processes for themselves,
The average time for setting up ISTAR processes in the brigade and its battalions is a month and a half, but it will depend on the extent to which the commanders accept this process and want to make changes,
Compared to Western nations, ISTAR in Ukraine is characterised by strong tactical awareness due to the extensive use of various types of drones and other sensors, as well as weaker strategic awareness, as our military lags far behind its Western partners in operating satellites or specific high-cost electronic equipment,
Maryna Tsirkun, Head of ISTAR Support at Aerorozvidka, told Ekonomichna Pravda Our brigade's principle is that infantry should not engage in combat. If the infantry starts shooting, it means we've done something wrong. Our goal is to deliver pre-emptive strikes, keep the enemy on edge, stop them from massing, and mine their movement routes. For this, we need to know exactly what’s happening around us,
a soldier, who goes by the alias Bit, from Khartiia's headquarters told Ekonomichna Pravda Recently, our ISTAR team gathered aggregate data showing how the Russians have been moving along this road for several days,
Bit notes, showing a graph on his laptop The guys discovered that the Russians regularly march several kilometres on foot to rotate here. We draw conclusions from this and use the information against them. We also track the most frequent times when they rotate, then send out FPV drones to target them in advance. Additionally, we monitor their artillery patterns to identify the safest windows for planning our actions. There are many such examples,
