Ukraine Discovers Teen Gamers Can Now 'Call of Duty' Real Tanks to Death
KEY POINTS
- •Ukraine’s drone training schools in Kyiv and Lviv prioritize young people aged 18-27 with gaming and technical backgrounds for drone piloting.
- •Leaders like Dmytro Slediuk and veteran Tetyana 'Ruda' highlight that youthful familiarity with controllers accelerates skills in combat drone operation.
- •Drones perform around 60% of frontline strikes against Russia, prompting Western militaries to adopt gaming-inspired training, including Xbox controller use.
In a plot twist nobody saw coming since 2005, Ukraine’s drone schools in Kyiv and Lviv have scientifically confirmed that 18-27-year-olds who've binged on videogames like Fortnite and Call of Duty make the sharpest drone pilots, thanks to thumbs toughened by years of controller cruelty. Heads of schools like Dronarium and Karlsson, Karas & Associates, including big brain Dmytro Slediuk and ex-veteran Tetyana aka 'Ruda,' swear by this. Meanwhile, drones make up 60% of Ukraine’s frontline strikes—cheap flying robots destroying Russian hardware worth millions, all operated by folks who once argued about in-game loot boxes and aim assist. Western militaries now eye Xbox controllers as serious weapons, training their soldiers with the same gear they'd use to blast each other in Halo, proving sometimes laziness in youth pays off WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS. Even injuries like hearing loss and back pain can’t keep these gamers off their drones.
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Forget Navy SEALs, Ukraine's secret weapon is toddlers maxed out on Fortnite glued to their screens with thumbs of steel and zero social lives, now remotely murdering million-dollar tanks like it’s a bad lobby in Call of Duty.
Who knew that annually ignoring your mom's pleas to 'put down the game and do something productive' was training for tank assassinations in a real warzone?
Western militaries finally admitting video games make better drone pilots than their generals is the energy boost this planetary mess deserves.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/11/2025 | Author: Sinéad Baker
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