A menacing buzz reverberates through the night sky in eastern Ukraine. Explosions ring out, flashes illuminate sunflower fields below and the smell of gunpowder poisons the air.

Moscow has trumpeted its industrial-scale production of the cheap weapons, with state-television broadcasting what it called the world's largest drone factory{ai:summary}Explosions and gunfire disrupt the night in eastern Ukraine, creating a tense atmosphere. The sounds of conflict are accompanied by flashes of light over the sunflower fields, with the air thickened by the smell of gunpowder. #foreignaffairs

Ill-equipped and tired: a night with a Ukrainian air defence unit

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