new video loaded: Inside The Old Skydiving Plane Hunting Drones in Ukraine
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As Russian drones overwhelm Ukraine’s vast air defenses, civilian volunteers are stepping in to take them down. The New York Times takes flight with a crew that’s turned an old skydiving plane into a drone hunter.
By Michael Anthony Adams, Whitney Shefte, Dzvinka Pinchuk and Jon Hazell
May 4, 2026
