Drones are hit and miss for Ukrainian soldiers


FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman of the Rarog UAV squadron of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade places a first person view (FPV) drone with an attached shell for an RPG-7 grenade launcher to a launch point, at a position near the town of Horlivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 17, 2024. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia/File Photo

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - A Ukrainian soldier near the front line looks into video goggles and clutches a control set in both hands as he guides a drone during the war against Russia.

The soldier, who goes by the call sign "Sam", looks up and complains: "There's no video."

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