From BBC News · · 1m
Ukraine's Peaky Blinders drone unit defends Slovyansk
A Ukrainian drone unit named after a BBC TV series intercepts Russian drones over a devastated front-line city central to peace talks.
In brief
A Ukrainian drone unit named after a BBC TV series intercepts Russian drones over a devastated front-line city central to peace talks. Ukrainian drone unit Peaky Blinders defends Slovyansk, one of four fortress cities in Donetsk under heavy Russian bombardment and central to resumed peace negotiations. Originally…
Slovyansk under siege
Slovyansk, one of four cities in Ukraine's fortress belt in eastern Donetsk, has become almost uninhabitable under heavy Russian bombardment from drones, missiles and glide bombs.
Meet the Peaky Blinders
Members of a Ukrainian drone unit call themselves Peaky Blinders, named after the cult BBC TV series. They have taken on the task of intercepting Russian drones.
Fortress cities in peace talks
Russia wants Kyiv to give up the fortress cities. They are central to talks on a possible peace deal that resumed after nine months between Ukraine, Russia and the US in Abu Dhabi.
The main idea
Ukrainian drone unit Peaky Blinders defends Slovyansk, one of four fortress cities in Donetsk under heavy Russian bombardment and central to resumed peace negotiations.
.jpg?branch=production&width=11039&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9)
