It is a modern dystopia: a group of young men gathered around computer screens in a hidden bunker searching for someone to kill. On their screens, a soldier realises he has been spotted as he moves through heavily forested frontlines. It is too late. The screens go blank as the drone explodes.
In eastern Ukraine, scenes like this play out every day on both sides of the conflict. The rise of new drone technology, particularly fibre optic first-person drones, has changed war for ever. Expensive tanks, aircraft and multimillion-pound logistics equipment can be destroyed in an instant.
