December 11, 2025: Desperate to overcome the Ukrainian drone advantage against Russian forces in Ukraine, Russia did something different. In mid-2024 they created Rubicon. The full name is Rubicon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies. Rubicon was given access to the best technical, manufacturing and military assets they needed to develop and produce new drones that could overwhelm Ukrainian drone forces. This included the addition of AI/Artificial Intelligence capabilities to Russian drones and counter-drone systems.

Rubicon got all the resources it wanted to turn the tide in the drone wars inside Ukraine. Ukrainian forces soon noted that the Russian drones were becoming more capable, as were the Russian electronic warfare operations used to disrupt Ukrainian drones. Rubicon developed technologies and tactics that enabled Russian drone operators to find and destroy more Ukrainian drone controllers. The Ukrainians found that Russian electronic warfare against Ukrainian drones was becoming more effective.

By mid-2025 the Rubicon initiative was turning the tide in the drone wars. Now it is up to Ukraine to come up with effective countermeasures in terms of new drones and improved electronic warfare.

Russian drones currently have the initiative and it’s increasingly difficult for Ukrainian forces to operate within 30 kilometers of the front line. As quickly as the Ukrainians move to upgrade their drone operations, Rubicon finds ways to keep Russian forces in the lead. That’s because Rubicon was designed to carefully observe changes in Ukrainian equipment and tactics and quickly match and surpass it. If the Ukrainians cannot match and surpass Rubicon their chances of winning their war with the Russian invaders will fade to insignificance and defeat.