Pilots sit near their planes waiting for the command to scramble. Like World War II pilots, they stencil drones they have shot down onto the side of their plane, which was later destroyed in a Russian missile attack on their air base. They now have another Yak.

Drones have dominated the skies above Ukraine, becoming crucial and constantly evolving assets for both Moscow and Kyiv.

The drone was shot down by the Russian air defence forces, but it still ended up damaging an auxiliary transformer at the Kursk nuclear plant.