SOUTHEASTERN UKRAINE — Two soldiers emerged from the tree line carrying the drone, trying to avoid scraping its wings against the branches. They placed it on the launch rail, angled toward the open sky above a field of budding sunflowers.
The drone sprang to life, its small, rear-facing propeller roaring like a lawnmower. Sporadic raindrops pitter-pattered on the aircraft as the Ukrainian operators waited for their launch window.
Then, at the press of a button, the drone shot into the gray sky for its final test flight before deployment to the front lines — where it would be sent to hunt.
Drones have radically transformed the war in Ukraine. To…
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