In a Kyiv suburb, six Ukrainian soldiers pile out of their dusty SUV and stretch in front of a Soviet-era factory. They have driven from Bakhmut, where they’ve held trench positions for over a year. The soldiers tour the factory – previously used for electronics for modular homes – and offer feedback on several new production lines of drones. They favor one prototype because they already use a similar Chinese-made octocopter; they ask if they can take it to test in battle. Today, their request feels especially urgent: China has just banned the export of such drones.
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