Inside Ukraine’s deadly drone war | Times Reports

The Ukrainian drone crews kill Russian soldiers in different ways, and say different things as they do so. READ MORE: In the darkness of a summer night, the remote operators of the Vampire hexacopters follow a precise set of instructions before dropping their bombs on the enemy’s infantrymen. Yet when the  kamikaze FPV drone teams kill, there is a heated rush of words as they send their explosives-packed craft hurtling down onto the Russian forces.  “Yes, yes, yes! Over here, over here! Yes, yes, yes! Let’s go, yes!” urges a co-pilot, as his pilot finds the target. The final second of the Russian’s life — he had stood up in his foxhole, hearing the drone, and had grabbed his rifle — is captured in a grainy transmission before the video abruptly fizzles out. Mission complete. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times an