Inside Ukraine’s battle to defeat the dreaded Shahed – Russia’s most feared weapon

Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in the third Russia aerial attack on the capital in the last 24 hours in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. - (AP)

In a foggy field in northeast Ukraine, four soldiers stare at red ​and yellow dots on a screen in the back of a van, armed with interceptor drones and energy drinks to get through the night.

These pilots, and about a thousand other crews like them, are on the frontlines of Ukraine's drive to knock one of Russia's most potent weapons out of the war: the Shahed drone.