Ukrainian forces used British drones to destroy a Russian-held bridge over the River Dnipro in a breakthrough operation that will shape the future of warfare. A two-month campaign involving repeated sorties by the Malloy T-150 heavy-lift drone played a central role in an operation that degraded Russia’s ability to strike the battered city of Kherson on the river’s right bank. Ukrainian officers say it marks the first known case of a drone-led operation bringing down a bridge in combat history. The mission – carried out early last year but not previously reported – was initially deemed impossible. Yet the bridge, which crossed a distributary of the Dnipro called the Konka, was a critical target. Its destruction would severely complicate Russian resupply efforts to river islands used to launch attacks on residential districts and Ukrainian positions in Kherson. For months, Ukrainian forces tried to destroy it with air strikes and US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rockets without success. Commanders in Kyiv eventually handed the task to the 426th Unmanned Systems Regiment of the Ukrainian …