Inside a secret drone factory in Ukraine

Ukraine’s fight against the Russians is being called the first-ever drone war, as it carries out reconnaissance missions and launches strikes using drones. But it’s not Ukraine’s military that is building the drones, but small-scale entrepreneurs. Dina Temple-Raston, of the podcast Click Here, recently visited a secret factory, just one of dozens that is delivering to the front line a small army of drones.

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