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Inside the Cockpit of Ukraine's Secretive Unit Hunting Russian Drones | WSJ News
WSJ Newsยท2025-08-25 13:25
  • [Reporter] Russian Drones are swarming in the skies over Ukraine in increasingly large numbers. And Ukraine is turning to old school technology to fight back, hunting Russian drones with nothing more than Soviet era training aircraft and rifles. Identified by their call signs, Maestro and Ninja are part of an amateur squadron of roughly 20 pilots and gunners.Even with some of the West's most advanced military systems like Patriot surface-to-air missiles and F-16 fighter jets, Ukraine is turning to these 4 ...