Inside Ukraine's secret mission to devastate Russian energy facilities

Ukrainian soldiers with the 1st Independent Center for Unmanned Systems ready a Fire Point FP-1 drone for an attack mission. Giorgos Moutafis/Business Insider Ukrainian soldiers are waging a drone war by flashlight, and it is turning the tide against Russia. The unit launches drones like Fire Point FP-1 on pre-programmed routes into Russia. Reporters recently accompanied these troops on a secret nighttime mission. DNIPRO, Ukraine — There is an eerie silence in the middle of the night in a field in eastern Ukraine as Ukrainian soldiers prepare drones to strike inside Russia hours later. They have laid out the drones — FP-1 models loaded with explosives that look more like small propeller planes. Then the launch begins. The whole world is talking about the soldiers here, waging the drone war by flashlight. In recent months, they have helped turn Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine to Moscow's disadvantage.