Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have not only changed the contours of modern warfare, but their military use is causing immense harm to the environment as they continue to produce high level of carbon emissions.

Costing as little as $400 apiece, Kyiv’s flying machines are successfully neutralizing sophisticated Russian equipment worth thousands of times more

Kharkiv, located 30 km (18 miles) from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, has been a frequent target of Russian drones and missiles in the more than three-year-old war. Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.