Sniper fire roars in the distance.
Sitting on the edge of his 4 x 4, Aleksander places his computer on his lap.
A small plane spray-painted green, six feet of foam and plastic, patient on the tawny steppe.
The soldier with the full beard taps out the coordinates of the flight.
After takeoff, his remote control will be of no use to him.
The drone must move autonomously, invisible to enemy radars.
The man in fatigues blows into his hands.
On this February morning, an icy wind sweeps across the large military camp near Mykolaiv, in the south of Ukraine.
A small unit – three engineers and Aleksander, the pilot – met to test their latest prototype.
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