The Ukrainian government wants to spend more than $1 billion to build an army of drones
, such as real-time mapping of the battlefield, destroying tanks and ships, and bringing Russian advances to a halt.
His drone pilots are all volunteers, and many of them had no military experience prior to Russia’s invasion. A few feet away, another soldier — a sales manager before the war — prepares exploding bombs. Using plastic flex cuffs and duct tape, he secures artillery shells and bulky batteries, turning an inexpensive commercial drone into a killing machine.
When Bakeneko’s target is within view, he gives the remote control a jolt, and the drone plunges. His headset shows the bucolic countryside rushing at him, and then it goes blank.
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