When the war is inspired by video games. In the Front of Ukraine, kyiv’s soldiers receive points every time they kill Russian soldiers. These points can be used to allow them to obtain drones. A system is supposed to maintain the commitment of the troops after more than three years of war.
Not far from the Ukrainian front, soldier Roubik tracks the slightest movements of a Russian soldier on the control screen of his drone. The objective: not to miss his goal, because killing him would allow him, to him and his brigade, be rewarded.
“It is an excellent motivation for unity. All are involved and compete to destroy enemies especially, because the brigade that obtains the greatest number of points is the strongest,” Roubik explains.
“Points for each target affected”
This system, launched in 2024, allows Ukrainian soldiers to accumulate points in the front according to the number of successful attacks, then exchange them for new drones on the Brave1 website, nicknamed “the first military Amazon in the world.”
“We assign a certain number of points for each target affected, for each car destroyed or damaged, for each russian infantry man killed or injured and for each plane or helicopter destroyed. This is similar to a system of tokens or pieces,” says Andriï Hryseniouk, creator of the site.
Each brigade can freely choose their weapons and leave opinions for each on the platform, such as what we observe for video games.
A “romantic” war?
The approach, however, awakens concerns. “Seen from the outside, with all the horrors linked to war, one might think that it is a game, that the war is a bit romantic. But when we have been in it for a long time, I have been in service for 2022, we stop seeing things like that,” says Lafayette, Ukrainian drone drones pilot.
According to its creators, this system encourages healthy competition among drones pilots. The small flying machines, often cheap, become essential in the context of this war.
Source: BFM TV
