Ukrainian companies are increasing the production of fiber-optic drones.The drones can't be jammed with traditional electronic warfare, making them a huge threat in combat.BI spoke with several people involved in the effort to scale up production to keep pace with Russia.

It came as Russia and Ukraine swapped 150 prisoners of war each and UK foreign secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

Recent social media videos show Ukrainian forces using drones similar to IEDs. The drones sit next to roads and then strike Russian military vehicles when they pass.

Officials say a Russian drone has blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack that killed at least six people and wounded nine others.

A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Kyiv was hit by a deadly Russian aerial strike, leaving three dead and five injured. As Russia intensifies its offensive, Ukraine relies on drones to counter the attacks. Drone warfare is reshaping the battlefield as both sides escalate their military strategies.

The Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces conducted an attack on the airport in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, from where the Russians launched strike drones against Ukraine. The General Staff in Kyiv reported that the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces attacked the airport in Russian Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

One dead and one seriously injured by a Russian missile in Odesa. As 1,079 days of war in Ukraine are reached, Kiev continues to attack Russian strategic infrastructures. This morning, a missile was launched against an aerodrome from where the Russian Army regularly launches drones into Ukrainian territory.