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Putin is a Soviet, after all. Is it really a surprise that he uses their tactics?
The soviets didn't have drones.
Those tactics were first used and perfected by the US.
Notice the reference to tactics, not to technology.
Loitering ammunition is a tactic that is only possible through drone technology.
But sure, intentionally terrorizing the civilian population as a tactic is as old as war itself...
You have heard of landmines? Other types of booby traps? Are these not also simply lying in wait to kill anyone who chances upon them?
Yes and there is a reason there is a global ban on them.
But there is also a big difference: locals usually know quite well where the land-mines are approximately and can avoid them pretty well. It doesn't really instill terror to know that that field over there you better not walk over.
Loitering ammunition on the other hand is usually well audible, but it is not entirely clear where it lurks and what the targets are. Pretty much anyone anytime can be targets and often collateral damage is not an unwanted side effect of bombing a wedding etc. but the actual real intended effect to destroy community cohesion so that insurgents don't have anywhere to hide or rest.