Ukraine from the front lines: How technology, morale and innovation are shaping both the Ukraine conflict and the future of warfare: A first-hand account

In this episode of Unconventional Knowledge, GIS Managing Editor Andrew Kureth speaks with Dr. Paul Schwennesen, a GIS expert who has spent months embedded with Ukrainian forces on the frontlines. 

From trenches and safe houses to drone factories and partisan networks, he offers a rare ground level view of how this war is really being fought. Together, they explore the strange duality of normal life and “hellscape” zero lines, Ukraine’s bottom up war effort that looks more like a nationwide startup than a classic army, and how cheap drones, improvisation and electronic warfare are rewriting the rules of modern conflict. 

They also examine Russian weaknesses, the resilience of Ukrainian morale and what Western militaries must urgently learn if they want to keep up with this revolution in warfare.

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