Ukraine: On the front line

In Ukraine drone technology is transforming the battlefield and the rules of war are being rewritten. The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville travels to the frontlines in the northeast of the country, and meets some of the Ukrainian prisoners who could help solve a critical shortage of manpower in the country’s war with Russia.

Correspondent: Quentin Sommerville
Producers: Lindle Markwell, Thanya Doksone and Liubov Sholudko
Sound: Andy Fell
Production co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Penny Murphy

(Photo: Yakut, a drone pilot with the 13th Khartia Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard, flying a First Person View (FPV) drone using a VR headset. Credit: BBC)