There is a growing drive to make the country more self-reliant in weapons manufacturing as it faces Russia’s superior firepower. That requires a lot of money from Western backers.
With their dense mesh, the nets can tangle drone propellers. It’s a simple but effective countermeasure that reflects how low-tech means can blunt high-tech weapons in the war.
Nets, erected over the road to protect against armed Russian drones, standing along a highway on the outskirts of the mostly abandoned city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, in June.
A Soviet-era antiaircraft cannon operated by Ukraine’s 59th Assault Brigade in Dnipropetrovsk region in June. Only U.S.-made Patriot missiles can see off the most advanced Russian attacks.