NATO explores new drone technology as ‘Pandora’s box’ opened in Ukraine-Russia war

“[Drones] are constantly in the sky. They monitor our territory along the frontline,” a member of Ukraine’s defence ministry told Euronews Next.

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00:00We've seen a lot of lessons learned through our Ukrainian colleagues that we're weaving

00:23into our technology horizons, ensuring that we're properly postured as an alliance to

00:27deal with that potential threat.

00:29And also, of course, providing the appropriate assistance to support the Ukrainian mission

00:34through the appropriate channels that NATO has endorsed.

00:42They are constantly in the sky.

00:44They monitor our territory along the front line, like 20 kilometres in depth, and they

00:53give so much problems.

00:55Our artillery cannot operate, because immediately if it's detected, a missile will go there.

01:01That's a large problem.

01:11Nothing is easy to do when you're trying to take over an aircraft in real time, outside

01:19a factory or laboratory conditions, against the pilot's wishes.

01:23This is really cutting-edge technology.

01:28There are more challenging encoded drones that we have to deal with, but that's what

01:34cyber is all about.