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Mehul Srivastava and Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv, Max Seddon in Riga and John Paul Rathbone in London

Six months of war in Ukraine: ‘The enemy learned fast’

© FT montage/AP

Since the first day of the war in Ukraine, Tyson has watched the Russians from afar, the drones that he operates circling above the enemy deep within his country.

He has learned to recognise the tell-tale signs of grass marked by missile launches or the dark spots suggesting freshly dug graves. On a lucky day, the scurried movements of a Russian soldier lead him to a target for Ukraine’s artillery.

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