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A drone approaches for an attack in Kyiv on October 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Monday morning’s drone bombings in the centre of Kyiv, in two clusters at the time of the morning rush hour, showed how the weapons can cause destruction and fear in a capital that until two weeks ago had not been attacked for months. Russia’s use of Iranian Shahed-136s drones first emerged during the war in September, and although they are described as kamikaze drones, they are better thought of as small cruise missiles with a relatively limited destructive capacity given their 50kg payload. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)
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