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There were a lot of complaints from the Russian media that the Russian army has too few light drones. I think the end of Ukrainian dominance in FPV drones was when Russia started to deploy fiber optic drones en masse, after which Russian offensive significantly quickened (even if it still pretty slow).
Complaints from Russian media doesn't tell us much about the ratio of drones between the two sides. It's entirely possible for Russians to feel they didn't have enough drones to do what they needed while still having parity with the Ukrainians. The speed of the offensives is also a bit of a red herring because Russia is not fighting a war for territory. The goal is destruction of the enemy army. The speed up in offensives is largely a reflection of the degrading capability of the AFU due to attrition. It's not simply due to Russia having more drones now.