The icy ground crackling under their feet, members of an elite Ukrainian drone-hunting team set up for a long night. The Sting, shaped like a flying thermos, is one of Ukraine’s new homegrown interceptors. The unit’s commander says the interceptors can effectively counter Russia’s fast-evolving suicide drones, which are now flying faster and at higher altitudes.

Ukraine is rapidly deploying low-cost interceptor drones to counter Russia’s evolving aerial attacks on cities and power infrastructure.