Dmytro Putiata

Drone Warfare Expert
Ukraine

20th Unmanned Systems Forces Brigade «К-2». Brigade command post | Feb 2025 – March 2026
«К-2» was one of five drone units chosen to become part of the Drone Line project initiated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

  • Responsible for more than 20 crews of ISR (recon), fixed-wing striking drones. And heavy bombers in one of the battalions
  • Analytics, planning for our recon drones, coordination of combat operations
  • Organised and coordinated different striking drones and artillery from different units under our command: combined striking, mining the territory, logistics. Became a «Battle captain»
  • Created an ecosystem that allowed our brigade to target efficiency on the battlefield, based on analytics, reconnaissance, prioritisation, and decision-making, and striking as one closed contour

36th marine brigade, DJI recon team, battalion command post | November 2022 – Jan 2025

  • Took part in the battle for the Vovchansk and Kursk offensive operations. Defended Avdiivka;
  • Was responsible for planning, recon and coordination of our strikes with the help of drones (DJI + FPV + heavy bombers);
  • DJI/Autel recon/dropping grenades team;
  • Our company became the first strike UAV company in the armed forces of Ukraine

General HQ, Kyiv, Analytic Center| June 2023 - April 2024

  • Our team took part in middle strikes (occupied Ukrainian territory) and deep strikes (Russia).
  • Our team was responsible for gathering information. Analysis. Providing information to different units. We worked a lot with satellite images. Our main targets inside Ukraine were: C2 command posts, air defense systems, radar systems.

Military unit under Special Operations Forces command | April 2022 - Oct 2022

  • DJI/Autel recon team. Took part in the successful Kharkiv counteroffensive operation in autumn 2022
  • Coordinated artillery with the help of ISR drone from different units

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