Ukraine’s drone whisperers: What the weapons are telling us

Drones have played an outsized role in the conflict in Ukraine – surveilling territory, dropping bombs, and crashing into buildings. 

Russia launched some 600 drones in the last three months of 2022, according to estimates from the Ukrainian consultancy Molfar. 

When the drones fall, or are shot down, Ukrainian forces retrieve them and hand them off to weapons investigators like Damien Spleeters, the deputy director of operations at Conflict Armament Research, a group that works with both governments …

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