Drones of defiance


A drone workshop in a basement in Ukraine. Should the peace talks fail, the drone initiative is likely to take on more importance than ever. — Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

THE Ukrainian soldiers rose in the pre­dawn, stretching, rubbing their eyes and rolling up sleeping bags in a basement hideout near the front line in the country’s east.

Their day would not take them far afield. Most stayed in the basement, working with keyboards and joysticks control­ling drones.

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