An antiaircraft missile regiment in the Kyiv region of Ukraine in January.
Ukrainian units are scrambling to intercept drones and missiles with aging weapons
An antiaircraft missile regiment in the Kyiv region of Ukraine in January.
KYIV, Ukraine—A unit of Ukrainian volunteers took aim as the drone passed through the fog at the end of last year, emitting its trademark growl. One member pulled the trigger of his modified Soviet-era heavy machine gun.
The drone—a Shahed-136 produced by Iran but launched by Russia—plummeted to the ground, the gun operator later recalled.
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