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Ukraine is using speedboats as part of its defense against Russian drones

Ukraine tries to shield its cities from near-nightly Russian drone attacks using air defense systems and snipers in trucks on the ground – and, in the Black Sea, gunners on speedboats.

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Joanna Kakissis is a foreign correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she reports poignant stories of a conflict that has upended millions of lives, affected global energy and food supplies and pitted NATO against Russia.
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