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A stack of carbon fiber drone frames ready to be loaded up with engines, cameras and transmitters. Anton Shtuka for NPR. Ukraine and Russia are competing with each other in drone technology.

The war in Ukraine is now largely being fought with drones. Ukraine made 2 million last year. Drone makers churn them out in factories and mom-and-pop operations like one in a Kyiv basement apartment.

Boxes of tiny plastic propellers sit on the floor and wall shelves are stacked with carbon-fiber frames. This is the workshop for a secret drone-making operation. It turns out about 100 attack ...