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Military drones are swarming the skies of Ukraine and other conflict hot spots – and anything goes when it comes to international law

  • Written by Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University
Military drones are swarming the skies of Ukraine and other conflict hot spots – and anything goes when it comes to international lawThe Ukraine military tests drones near Kyiv in August 2022. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down. Below, people scramble for cover. The injured are taken on stretchers – the dead, buried.

That is daily life in Ukraine, where pilotless vehicles known...

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