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Ukraine's drone pilots are overhauling which Russian targets they think matter most, and tanks have fallen far from the topUkraine's drone units updated their points system earlier this month to prioritize personnel hits. Where a tank kill could earn 40 points, now it only earns up to eight per vehicle. Russian drone pilots are now the highest priority target for the bonus program. Russian tanks and rocket launchers used to be the most highly valued target for Ukrainian drones — but no longer. Ukraine's drone forces recently revamped a points system that rewards pilots for battlefield kills, and it's putting the greatest emphasis on targeting Russian drone operators. The system, created in August, previously placed the highest value on destroying artillery systems and tanks. Ukrainian units now earn 15 points for wounding a drone pilot and 25 for eliminating them, Maj. Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, the new commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said in a video address on June 12. Tank kills, which previously earned 40 points, now only bring in eight points for Ukrainian units. Destroying multiple launch rocket systems, which could have earned up to 50 points, now only net Ukrainian pilots as many as 10 points. "We need to stimulate pilots to orient themselves toward destroying personnel," Brovdi, who also founded the Ukrainian marine corps UAV strike unit Magyar Birds, said in the video. Brovdi said the change came from concerns
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