Ukraine's drone war: the technology at the centre of the conflict

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Ukraine's top general Valery Zaluzhny recently identified five areas that the country’s armed forces need to work on in order to regain an edge over the Russians. Two of them involve drones: the drones themselves, and the techniques for jamming them. Big and small, in the air, on land and in the sea, unmanned vehicles are absolutely central to this war, and the technology is evolving rapidly. But while Ukraine is a hotbed of innovation, quantity matters as well as quality. And that's where Ukraine is lagging behind Russia. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg takes a look at the constellation of companies, military units and government programmes trying to provide Ukraine with the drone capacity it needs.