‘This is where democracy beats totalitarianism’: Ukraine’s drone strike force takes the fight to Russia

Per The Guardian's exclusive reporting from Ukraine, the 'Magyar's Birds' brigade—an elite unit of the 414th aviation brigade—is conducting drone operations from a launch site in the Ukrainian countryside. The brigade's stated purpose, according to The Guardian, is to turn Russia's vast size into a strategic weakness. In the reported scene, a commander with the unit took cover as a distinctive drone resembling a sleek grey biplane with a wooden propeller roared skyward at a forty-five-degree angle, trailing orange flames and black smoke. The Guardian's reporting provides rare access to Ukraine's drone operations.

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