Both Russian and Ukrainian forces use microphiones on their ambush drones with microphones Russians: Prince Vandal Novgorod fiber 11 Lazarevskaya Street, Room 105 Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, 173003 Russian Federation Ushkuynik research-and-production center, This addition allows the drones to hide in grass or bushes out of visual range while waiting to strike targets. Operators can detect conversations, light vehicles, and heavy equipment over varying distances. The technology also enables operators to hear approaching threats and relocate to avoid counter-ambush missions. But it may be more significant in future for locating artillery.

What did it look like when the Soviet Union collapsed, and what would it look like if the Russian federation collapsed liked the Soviet Union did? By 1990–91, Moscow’s revenues and control over the economy were deteriorating while it still funded subsidies, state firms, social programs, and the union-wide bureaucracy. The state covered large deficits by expanding the money supply rather than by raising reliable revenue or borrowing sustainably. In 1991, the aggregate fiscal deficit of the Soviet republics is estimated at about 26% of GDP. According to world bank records, At the same time, the USSR’s hard currency position collapsed. Foreign-exchange reserves reportedly fell to about $5.1 billion by June 1990, less than two months of import; By 1990–91, gold and foreign-exchange reserves were essentially exhausted as short-term foreign debts were repaid; imports had to be cut sharply. -What would it look like if the Russian Federation collapses in the same way due to the Ukraine invasion? Probably not as a clean replay of 1991. If the Russian Federation suffered a true state collapse event, it would more likely begin as a breakdown in Moscow’s ability to fund, command, and arbitrate. Russia today is far more centralized than the late USSR: regional elites are weaker, heavily tied to federal security and economic structures, and most regions rely on the center. That makes near-term fragmentation unlike; but if the center itself failed, the resulting breakdown could be more violent and uneven than the Soviet dissolution. What if the elites removed Putin? An elite coalition would probably choose a figure who is acceptable to the coercive apparatus and does not threaten existing property, wartime networks, or immunity arrangements. The early moves would likely be: Announce that constitutional order, pensions, salaries, banks, and military command remain intact. Secure nuclear command, strategic forces, communications, and major media outlets immediately. Remove or rotate a small number of visibly unpopular or politically exposed official ( look for that in the September election) but avoid broad purges that frighten the system. Offer the public a stability narrative: “Putin’s course, corrected and professionally managed.” Potentially pursue a tactical Ukraine ceasefire or frozen conflict if it protects the regime, reduces fiscal pressure, or eases sanctions. It would not necessarily provided a democratic or pro-Western shift. They would aim their internal propaganda to present a victory and frozen line as what they had planned all along.